Mon April 16, 2018
New South Carolina Natural Gas Plant Benefits 2.5M Duke Energy Customers
Duke Energy's new 750-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant at the W.S. Lee Station in Anderson County, S.C., began serving customers on April 5, 2018. The energy generated from this unit helps power the lives of customers in South Carolina and North Carolina....
Emily Buenzle - Tue April 03, 2018
Company Agrees to Independent Review of Pipeline Construction as Opponents Seek Answers
Vermont Gas Systems (VGS) recently agreed to an independent review of the Addison pipeline construction project after allegations surfaced about safety shortfalls, VPR reported. According to Beth Parent, spokeswoman for VGS, the company's goal is for the review to answer questions about the pipeline's construction....
Mark Gillispie and Julie Carr Smyth – Associated Press - Tue April 03, 2018
S. Korean Firm Joins Effort to Build Petrochemical Plant
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Gov. John Kasich said March 12 that a major South Korean industrial plant builder has joined an effort to build a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant in eastern Ohio to take advantage of the region's oil-and-gas boom....
Task Force Power Restoration - Puerto Rico - Tue April 03, 2018
Army Committed to Restoring Puerto Rico's Power
Six months after Hurricane Maria made landfall, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers remains committed to safely and urgently restoring reliable power and returning normalcy to the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico as quickly as possible....
Mon April 02, 2018
Underwater Cables Along Lake Champlain Complete
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the completion and energization of a $68.7 million major power system infrastructure project involving the placement of new underwater transmission cables, spanning 1.7 mi....
Mon March 19, 2018
FirstEnergy Plans $156M in Infrastructure Projects in Md.
FirstEnergy Corp. expects to invest about $156 million in 2018 on distribution and transmission infrastructure projects to help enhance service reliability for its customers in Potomac Edison's service area in western Maryland and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia....
Thu March 15, 2018
M&T Bank Finances New England's Largest Solar Array
M&T Bank has provided $22.4 million in equipment lease financing for Cianbro Corporation to complete the construction and commissioning of the largest solar producing energy facility in Maine, and within the jurisdiction of ISO New England....
Tue March 13, 2018
Petroteq Completes Major Process Systems at Facility
Petroteq Energy Inc., a company focused on the development and implementation of proprietary technologies for the energy industry, has successfully completed testing of all major process systems at its heavy oil extraction facility in Asphalt Ridge, Utah....
Tue March 13, 2018
Feds Approve Expansion of La Sal Mining Complex
Energy Fuels Inc., a producer of uranium in the United States, announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for the expansion of its 100 percent-owned La Sal Complex of uranium/vanadium mines (the La Sal Complex)....
Wed February 28, 2018
RMP Selects Projects for Expansion
Rocky Mountain Power has selected four new wind projects to fulfill plans to significantly expand the amount of wind energy serving customers by 2020. The four projects will expand Rocky Mountain Power's owned and contracted wind power by more than 60 percent and add enough new wind energy to power approximately 450,000 average homes....
