MISSOURI: Smart meter programs are helping Evergy and Ameren Missouri roll out new customer rate programs that incentivize saving energy during peak times. (Energy News Network) UTILITIES: Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan declines to testify before a legislative committee investigating possible disciplinary action over his alleged ties to the ComEd bribery scandal. (CBS Chicago) ***SPONSORED […]
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Industry lobbies for ‘realistic’ timeline on clean electricity
POLITICS: As Democrats finalize their $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill, power industry trade groups want a proposed clean electricity payment program to take into account that some utilities have further to go than others to phase out fossil fuels. (S&P Global) ALSO: • Oil producers step up lobbying to preserve a tax deduction on drilling […]
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Companies submit plans to help Ohio capital reach 100% renewable goal
SOLAR: A solar developer is acquiring land rights near U.S. coal plants, including in Nebraska in Kansas, in hopes of obtaining grid connections after the power plants are retired. (Energy News Network) ALSO: An Ohio school district activates a solar installation and allows the public to track how much electricity is being generated and cost […]
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Enbridge asks state regulators for go-ahead on Line 5 tunnel
PIPELINES: Enbridge asks the Michigan Public Service Commission to declare that the company doesn’t need a state permit to build an underground tunnel for the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. (Bridge) SOLAR: Dane County, Wisconsin, seeks proposals for an 18 MW solar project to power county operations. (Wisconsin State Journal) ***SPONSORED LINK: […]
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Major producer plans ‘exit strategy’ from thermal coal
COAL: Arch Resources maps an “exit strategy” from thermal coal used for electricity production after another grim quarterly earnings report. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ALSO: • North Dakota regulators approve more funding for a carbon capture and storage project that supporters say would help keep open a major coal plant set to close in 2022. (Bismarck […]
