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The House Committee on Ways and Means on June 13 passed legislation that retains direct payment of certain energy tax credits but repeals some aspects of the energy tax provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Form Energy Inc. on June 12 said that it is continuing under a definitive agreement with Georgia Power to deploy a 15 megawatt/1,500 megawatt-hour iron-air battery system in Georgia. The battery system is expected to come online as early as 2026 and is subject to regulatory approvals.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is forecasting that the largest increases in U.S. electricity generation this summer will come from solar, wind, and natural gas-fired power plants because of new generating capacity coming online. The rising generation from these sources will likely be offset by reduced generation from coal-fired power plants.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) on June 15 introduced a bill, the Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act, which would prohibit the Department of Energy from moving forward on its notice of proposed rulemaking to increase conservation standards on distribution transformers over the next five years.
Eversource recently broke ground on a utility-scale networked geothermal system in Framingham, Massachusetts, that is believed to be the first in the nation.
Across all segments of the industry, the U.S. energy storage market added 2,145 megawatt hours in the first quarter of 2023, a 26% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a new report released June 14.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 15 finalized two rules intended to help improve reliability of the bulk power system against threats of extreme weather.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 15 approved a final rule designed to improve credit risk management in the organized wholesale electric power markets operated by regional transmission organizations and independent system operators.
California’s Clean Power Alliance has launched a clean energy and reliability request for offers, the California community choice aggregator said on June 14.
The Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities, a Missouri public power utility, recently announced that it is initiating a review of the community’s future energy needs and the best way to meet them.