The Illinois Commerce Commission on June 10 issued a request for information seeking input on Illinois public utilities’ plan to apply for federal dollars under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This information would assist the state of Illinois to quantify the eligibility of these utilities and to study how the state can help…...
The U.S. Department of the Interior on June 6, 2022 announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will perform an environmental assessment of the first proposed wind energy project offshore Maryland. Key parts of the proposal consist of construction and operation of an offshore wind project with a total capacity between 1.1 and 2…...
The New York legislature on June 2 passed a bill aimed to stop cryptocurrency mining operations that use fossil fuels to power their facilities. The bill would amend the existing Environment Conservation Law to ban operations that use “proof-of-work authentication” methods to validate blockchain transactions. Proof-of-work authentication methods refer to consensus algorithm in a block-chain…...
The U.S. Energy Department’s Loan Program Office issued a request for information on June 1 to update and improve its Title XVII Innovative Technologies Loan Guarantee Program intended to support early commercial use of advanced technologies. The agency seeks feedback from various stakeholders including developers, investors, government agencies, academia, and impacted communities. The input will…...
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on May 31 proposed offshore wind lease sales on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore California. The initiative is in continuation of the agency’s previous 25 active leases in Atlantic Oceans which lie in the region of Massachusetts to North Carolina. This proposed lease sale offer is first of its…...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on May 26 granted final approval for PacifiCorp’s 416-mile Energy Gateway South Transmission line that is designed to give the western United States greater access to solar, wind, and geothermal. Around 183 miles of the line are in Utah, with the remaining distributed among Wyoming and Colorado. According…...
Amid federal and state policies aimed at catalyzing solar power to facilitate power sector decarbonization, an investigation into circumvention of tariffs on solar panels imported from Southeast Asia has created market uncertainty, threatening U.S. solar buildout.
The U.S. Energy Department on May 18 announced savings of $15.3 billion through its energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction initiative. The Better Buildings program, a public-private partnership brings together 900 companies, utilities, housing authorities, state and local governments, and other organizations throughout the country committed to pursuing ambitious goals in energy, water, waste, and…...
