The U.S. Energy Department on Nov. 18 announced $13 billion in new funding opportunities for the growth and modernization of the U.S. power grid. The Grid Resilience Innovative Partnership, or GRIP, program and the Transmission Facilitation Program, funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, collectively represent the largest federal direct investment in infrastructure…...
Michigan’s distributed energy program experienced a 37 percent surge in participation in 2021 with 14,262 customers and 14,446 installations, according to the Michigan Public Service Commission’s annual Distributed Generation report. In this program, the customers generate their own electricity to reduce their electricity bill and reduce their dependence on the utility companies. Generation capacity from…...
The California Air Resources Board on Nov.16 unveiled the policies and actions the state proposes to implement, in order to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and become carbon neutral by 2045 or earlier. The revised proposal follows Governor Newsom’s plea for more impactful climate actions and is innovative in both scale and scope. The…...
The Arizona Corporation Commission has approved a new electric vehicle charging tariff for Arizona Public Service Company that encourages daytime solar charging. This new program will promote EV charging during the maximum solar energy production hours at discounted prices, which will not only promote the adoption of electric vehicles fueled by renewable solar energy but…...
The California Public Utilities Commission has proposed a successor to its net energy metering program, which credits customer generators for grid-exported electricity. The successor would be an improved version of net billing, with a retail export compensation rate aligned with the value that generation systems provide to the grid and retail import rates that promote…...
Ambitious clean energy and reliability goals continue to drive grid modernization efforts ranging from proposed rules to encourage utility investments in cybersecurity to a $10.5 billion initiative to enhance grid resilience.
The U.S. Interior Department has announced the second-highest disbursement, amounting to $21.53 billion, in energy revenues in fiscal year 2022. The disbursement includes the largest revenue from renewable energy initiatives on federal lands and waters including a record $4.37 billion from the New York Bight offshore wind lease sale. Since 1983, the above payout is…...
Technological advancements and climate goals are driving the transformation to distributed energy resources (DER), such as solar photovoltaic systems. The transformation, which is empowering consumers with more choices and energy management options, has also prompted an evaluation of potential cybersecurity risks stemming from anticipated future growth.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 4 announced preliminary public discussion and comment suggestions for a subsection of new and active programs funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, enacted in August. The programs include air quality and climate projects tackling clean energy, transportation, methane emissions, and climate super-pollutants. The initiatives will support…...