The California Energy Commission on Oct. 15 announced that its Demand Side Grid Support Program, or DSGS, has reached 515 megawatts (MW). The program helps to maintain a more reliable power supply by reducing load during times of high demand, such as during heatwaves.The initiative incentivizes customers for providing load reduction or backup power during…...
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma on Oct. 14 announced a $30 million agreement with the California Energy Commission to enhance access to the GoGreen Financing program for home energy efficiency upgrades. The partnership ensures that more than 7 million customers of publicly owned utilities continue to qualify for the GoGreen Home residential program. The agreement…...
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Oct. 14 signed legislation aimed to prevent future spikes in gas prices by requiring oil refiners to keep minimum fuel inventories in order to avoid shortages that could raise gas prices for consumers and boost industry profits. The bill intends to hold oil refiners accountable for manipulating gas prices, or…...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Oct.11 announced the availability of $40 million in funding for environmental projects in the Mid-Atlantic region under the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking initiative. This initiative is a part of the Environmental and Climate Justice Program established by the Inflation Reduction Act, which allocated $3 billion for the program…...
The U.S. Energy Department has announced the release of a Carbon Management Strategy that provides a detailed roadmap through 2030 highlighting the various tools and methods the agency will utilize to enhance and utilize carbon management solutions in line with the Biden administration’s social, climate and economic plans. Carbon management is an umbrella term that…...
The Michigan Public Service Commission on Oct. 10 approved a settlement allowing Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. to increase its rates by $6.6 million. This is the utility’s first electric rate case since it was authorized to serve customers in December 2016. The amount approved is over 40 percent less than the utility’s initial request…....
The Michigan Public Service Commission on Oct. 10 adopted application procedures that electricity providers and independent power companies must follow when seeking approval for siting renewable energy projects. With the adoption of this new procedure, the commission clarified that the siting process should start at the local level in most instances and the commission can…...
U.S. electricity usage during summer 2024 in the Lower 48 states was highest at 6 pm on July 15, 2024 reaching around 745 gigawatthours (GWh), according to an Oct. 10 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Hourly demand during the peak of summer 2024 was similar to peak hourly demand in both 2023…...
The Maryland Public Service Commission on Oct. 9 requested the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant a complaint filed by a number of public interest organizations to shield ratepayers from higher electricity prices due to flaws in the PJM Interconnection LLC’s capacity auction design. In their complaint, the organizations assert that PJM’s capacity market rules…...
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Oct. 8 announced that Caltrans will award $206 million for 149 clean transportation projects to support bus and rail services in disadvantaged communities, which are disproportionately impacted by pollution. With this, the state’s investment in these projects over the last decade surpasses $1 billion. The awards are made through the…...
The U.S. Energy Department on Oct. 8 announced $43 million in funding for novel decarbonization technologies to lower energy use and emissions across industrial subsectors. The department selected 16 projects for a $38 million funding opportunity focused on cross-sector technologies and five projects in collaboration with the Electrified Processes for Industry without Carbon (EPIXC) Institute…....
U.S. natural gas fired electricity plants produced over 7 million megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity on Aug. 2, 2024, according to an Oct. 8 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This accounted for nearly 50 percent of all power generated in the U.S. on that day. On Aug. 2, 7.1 million MWh of…...
