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Climate and consumer advocates called on Massachusetts lawmakers to preserve the state’s energy efficiency programs as legislators work to develop an energy affordability bill in response to high gas and electricity costs over the past winter.
The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative soon will begin the nomination process to select the initial board of the independent regional organization that will govern CAISO’s energy markets.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said his department is working with utilities around the country to keep more coal plants slated for retirement open to help meet rising demand from data centers and other new large loads.
Centrus Energy has begun preparing for the massive expansion of its Ohio uranium enrichment plant it will undertake if it receives federal funding.
The forthcoming resignation of Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Chair Marissa Gillett has created high-stakes questions around the state’s adoption of a comprehensive performance-based regulation framework.
Democrats introduced a FERC-heavy bill to control electricity costs, House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans tout bills passed out of committee, DOE returns $13 billion and some details from the Dallas Fed survey.
IESO has increased the capacity target for its planned solicitation for long lead-time resources, even as it acknowledges questions about the need for the procurement.
It is only because of special interests that local and state governments would even consider prohibiting consumers from choosing natural gas as an energy source to meet their space, water heating, and cooking needs, writes energy economist Ken Costello.
Entergy Arkansas says a recently enacted Arkansas law strengthens the case for its plan to build a new gas-fired plant, a proposal that has drawn criticism from the state’s attorney general and regulatory staff.
Energy experts and officials stressed the importance of proactive transmission planning, interconnection reform and increased demand-side flexibility at Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.
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