The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Dec. 10 approved Central Maine Power Company’s competitive solicitation to procure electricity for customers receiving standard offer supply service – representing 49 percent of sales in the company’s sales territory – for one-year period starting Jan. 1, 2019. For residential and small business customers, the supply price is 13.7…
DetailsThe U.S. is poised to become the third largest exporter of liquefied natural gas behind Australia and Qatar as export capacity is projected to reach 8.9 billion cubic feet per day by the end of next year – up from the current capacity of 3.6 billion cubic feet, according to a Dec. 10 report from…
DetailsThe Virginia Corporation Commission on Dec. 7 directed Dominion Energy Inc. to refile its 2018 integrated resource plan finding that the company failed to establish that the proposal is reasonable and in the public interest. The commission found that the plan includes resources that were not subject to modeling on a least-cost basis. The company…
DetailsAnnual emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the U.S. power sector dropped by 88 percent and 76 percent, respectively, between their peaks in 1997 and 2017, according to a Dec. 11 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Coal’s share of generation declined to 30 percent in 2017 from more than 50 percent…
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