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CVEC alerts customers of rate increases due to rising costs and line upgrades

CVEC alerts customers of rate increases due to rising costs and line upgrades Jun 11, 2024 The Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC) has announced that customers will see a rate increase on their bills starting on June 12. This comes after the CVEC filed a streamlines rate case with the Virginia State Corporation Commission on…

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City council rejects Power San Diego proposal

City council rejects Power San Diego proposal Jun 10, 2024 The push by a voter initiative to assume control of the power responsibilities of San Diego Gas & Electric collected over 30,000 signatures. This compelled the city council to deliberate on whether San Diego voters would have the opportunity to terminate their SDG&E contract in…

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Atlanta to tap AI to detect water main breaks

Atlanta to tap AI to detect water main breaks JUNE 10, 2024 he City of Atlanta plans to use artificial intelligence to address its aging water infrastructure, Mayor Andre Dickens announced in a press conference last Wednesday, less than a week after two water main breaks left businesses, medical facilities, concerts, sporting events, and residential…

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U.S. natural gas output rises as methane emissions fall, pointing to pollution control gains

U.S. natural gas output rises as methane emissions fall, pointing to pollution control gains Energize Weekly, June 12, 2024 U.S. natural gas production rose by 40 percent between 2015 and 2020, while methane emissions from drilling and extraction fell by 37 percent – pointing to significant gains in pollution control, according to a report by…

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ConocoPhillips-Marathon Deal Represents a Pivot

ConocoPhillips-Marathon Deal Represents a Pivot June 04, 2024 The ConocoPhillips-Marathon Oil transaction represents a pivot in U.S. shale mergers and acquisitions, from deals focused on increasing exposure in a single key basin or play to acquiring a multi-basin operator. That’s what Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR) Principal Analyst Andrew Dittmar said in a statement sent to…

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Dominion Energy finishes burying 2,000 miles of power lines ahead of hurricane season

Dominion Energy finishes burying 2,000 miles of power lines ahead of hurricane season Jun 03, 2024 Just ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season, Dominion Energy Virginia has finished burying 2,000 miles of previously-overhead power lines as part of its Strategic Underground Program. Launched in 2014 to reduce storm-related power outages and shorten restoration times, the…

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Babcock & Wilcox to proceed with coal-to-biomass plant conversion

Babcock & Wilcox to proceed with coal-to-biomass plant conversion JUN 4, 2024 Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has been granted a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) by NorthStar Clean Energy to begin work on a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) conversion of a former coal-fired power plant in Filer City, Michigan in the US.…

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US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors

US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors May 31, 2024 U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide. But the CEO of the Georgia utility that just finished the first two scratch-built American reactors in…

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PUCO allows higher AES Ohio transmission charges

PUCO allows higher AES Ohio transmission charges June 3, 2024 State regulators recently approved a bid by Dayton electric utility AES Ohio to increase its transmission cost recovery rider or charge. In so doing, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (also known as the “PUCO”), overruled an objection from the Office of the Ohio Consumers’…

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Cybersecurity experts sound alarm over US power grid vulnerabilities

Cybersecurity experts sound alarm over US power grid vulnerabilities June 2, 2024 The White House announced efforts last week to upgrade the country’s aging energy infrastructure in a move to reduce power outages and make improvements to the grid amid soaring demand, but threats from nefarious forces continue to pose a security risk, experts say.…

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Atlanta water woes extend into fourth day as city finally cuts off leak gushing into streets

Atlanta water woes extend into fourth day as city finally cuts off leak gushing into streets June 3, 2024 City officials said water was shut down in the immediate neighborhood as part of an effort to stanch the flow from a broken main that had been gushing a river into streets since Friday night. The…

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AI is poised to drive a doubling in data center electricity demand by 2030, studies say

AI is poised to drive a doubling in data center electricity demand by 2030, studies say Energize Weekly, June 5, 2024 Data centers, spurred by increased artificial intelligence applications, could double their demand for electricity in the U.S. reaching 9.1 percent of the nation’s electricity load by 2030, according to analysis by the Electric Power…

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