The Tennessee Valley Authority announced on June 22 that an environmental assessment determined a finding of no significant impact, which will allow most local power companies across the Tennessee Valley to locally generate a portion of their own load to meet customer needs. Currently, 140 of 154

Motorists can save as much as $14,500 on fuel costs over 15 years by driving an electric vehicle rather than a gasoline fueled vehicle, according to a new report from the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory.

The New York Power Authority is partnering with the City of Utica to install energy-efficient LED streetlights throughout the City of Utica, N.Y., as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Smart Street Lighting NY program. The energy efficiency project will save the city more than $1.5 million annually and

California community choice aggregator Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) has developed a program under which commercial customers can receive a complimentary backup energy audit.

The city of Alameda, California’s Public Utilities Board (PUB) recently approved Alameda Municipal Power’s (AMP) budget of approximately $65 million with no rate increases for customers.

Cyber criminals are now testing and attacking utility operations, threatening to hijack critical functions that control the production and distribution of electric power.