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AEP Utilities Seek To Add 1,485 MW Of New Wind Generation
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (PSO) and Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) - companies of American Electric Power (AEP) - are seeking regulatory approvals...
Maine Regulators Approve Weaver Wind Power Contract
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has unanimously approved a long-term contract for the 72.6 MW Weaver Wind project in Hancock County.
The wind farm...
Scout Secures Indiana Wind PPA With Constellation
Scout Clean Energy has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Constellation, an Exelon company, for approximately 80% of the renewable energy and...
FERC Alters Energy Forecast, Suggesting Even Brighter Future For Renewables
Within the past month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has dramatically revised its three-year forecast for changes in the U.S. electrical generating capacity...
MidAmerican Provided 51.4% Renewables to Iowa Customers In 2018
MidAmerican Energy Co. provided its Iowa customers with 51.4% of their energy from renewable sources last year, the Iowa Utilities Board verified in an...
Repowered Altamont Pass Wind Farm To Serve East Bay Community Energy
The East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) board of directors has approved two power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a combined 157.5 MW from new wind...
Renewables Finally Beat Coal For U.S. Electrical Generating Capacity
For the first time, U.S. electrical generating capacity by renewable energy sources – biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind – has surpassed that of...
Illinois Municipal Electric Agency Signs In-State Wind Deal
The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA) has entered into a 15-year agreement to purchase 50 MW of wind energy output annually from the Green...
Rocky Mountain Power Breaks Ground On Major Wind, Transmission Initiative
Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp and part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, has begun construction efforts for its Energy Vision 2020 wind power...
Xcel Energy Commits To Coal Retirements, Clean Energy
Xcel Energy has announced plans to retire its last two coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled, as well as...
Enel Inks Midwest Utility PPA For White Cloud Wind Farm
Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA), the Italy-based Enel Group’s U.S.-based renewable company, has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for its...
The Next Generation Of Risk Management For Renewable Energy
Before the rise of renewables, when our electricity system primarily relied on fossil fuels, the main risk driving power markets was the relationship between...
Wind, Solar And Hydro Comprised Nearly Three-Fifths Of New Capacity In Q1
In the first quarter of the year, solar, wind, and hydropower accounted for nearly three-fifths (59.6%) of new capacity added to the U.S. electricity...
Ameren Missouri Plans Another Wind Acquisition
Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corp., has entered into an agreement to acquire another Missouri wind farm.
The facility, developed by Tradewind Energy, an...
NorthWestern Energy Seeks Montana Renewable Generation
NorthWestern Energy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking additional renewable generation in Montana.
Montana's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requires NorthWestern to procure...
Duke Energy Selling Wind And Solar Interests To John Hancock
Duke Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a minority interest in a portion of its commercial renewable energy portfolio to the...
AEP Seeks Wind And Solar Proposals In PJM
AEP Energy Partners (AEPEP), a subsidiary of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power Co., is seeking proposals for off-take from new solar and new or...
MidAmerican Hits New Wind Generation Record In Iowa
MidAmerican Energy Co. recently set a new one-day wind generation record in Iowa for generating electricity, the company claims.
On April 10, wind farms...
Lamont: PURA Commissioner To Help Bring ‘Cheaper, Cleaner’ Power To CT
Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Conn., is nominating Marissa Paslick Gillett of Baltimore to serve as a commissioner of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)....
2019 Could Be The Year Wind Beats Hydro For U.S. Electrical Generation
An analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of the latest forecast data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) confirms continued strong growth...