The Bureau of Land Management on Sept. 9 announced the approval of two segments of the Gateway West Transmission line in Wyoming. The project is a part of PacifiCorp’s Energy Gateway Transmission Expansion, a multi-year plan to add about 2,000 miles of new transmission across the West. The lines would help integrate up to 765…...
Utility resource plans continue to manifest the changing power generation mix as more states pursue zero-carbon goals. The shift drives the need for innovative policy initiatives that optimize renewable energy sources and enhance grid reliability.
The U.S. Energy Department on Aug. 30 released a request for information on a $10.5 billion Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Program. The funding, backed by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, spans a five-year period from fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to prevent outages and enhance the resilience of the electric grid, deploy…...
The U.S. biofuel production capacity as of Jan. 1, 2022, stood at 21 billion gallons per year from 275 facilities, with over 80 percent of the capacity for fuel ethanol, according to an Aug. 22 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. About 81 percent of the nation’s total biofuels capacity comes from fuel ethanol…...
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on Aug. 18 accepted a cost impact study, assessing how the state’s transition to renewable energy will affect utility rates under the Energy Master Plan, or EMP. The study found that most ratepayers would be able to reduce their energy bills by electrifying buildings and transportation and lowering…...
The Southwest Power Pool Inc. (SPP), the grid operator for 17 states in the central and western U.S., on Aug. 16, 2022, announced that its “Market+” service offering designed to provide hurdle-free transmission service and facilitate reliable integration of fast-growing renewable resources, has gained the attention of customers in the Western Interconnection. The service, which…...
The Supreme Court of Ohio issued a decision upholding the Ohio Power Siting Board’s issuance of a certification of environmental compatibility and public necessity to build the Icebreaker project in Lake Erie. The six-turbine, 20.7 megawatt offshore project would be constructed by the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation, around 10 miles off the coast of…...
