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El Paso Electric Expands its Texas Community Solar Program
El Paso Electric (EPE) has started construction on a 10 MW facility as part of the company’s second Texas Community Solar program expansion.
Along with...
Alliant Energy Completes Six Wisconsin Projects
Alliant Energy has completed six new solar projects in Wisconsin, adding 514 MW of energy to the company’s generation capacity.
"Completing these projects is a...
MPSC Approves Plan for Lake Trout Solar Plant
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved the plan by Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) to build its largest solar farm to date.
I&M will...
Meta Mesa Data Center to be Powered by 300 MW Orsted Project
Meta says its Mesa, Ariz., data center will receive the majority portion of energy generated by Ørsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center, a 300 MW...
Con Ed Report Reflects Increased Customer Renewables Adoption
Con Edison customers are on pace to break last year’s solar installations record as the company continues efforts towards battery storage and electric vehicle...
Prisma Photonics Opens First U.S. Office in Austin
Prisma Photonics, an Israeli startup utilizing optical fiber technology to monitor large-scale power-utility infrastructure, has opened its first U.S. office in Austin, Texas.
Founded in...
Minnesota Power Issues RFP for 300 MW of Solar
Minnesota Power is advancing its EnergyForward vision for 100% carbon-free energy with the issuance of an RFP for up to 300 MW of regional...
AutoGrid, Puget Sound Energy Expand Virtual Power Plant Solution Partnership
AutoGrid has expanded its partnership with Puget Sound Energy (PSE), Washington state's largest utility, on a virtual power plant (VPP) solution built on the...
Major Utilities’ Plans Include Large Complement of New Solar
PPL Corp. subsidiaries Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) have received regulatory approval to retire 600 MW of coal...
DOE Funding Three Major Transmission Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says it is committing up to $1.3 billion to transmission lines crossing six states, enabling 3.5 GW of additional capacity...
New Mexico Utility Kicks Off Construction on 200 MW Solar Project
D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), in partnership with Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) and SOLV Energy, has broken ground on the San...
FirstEnergy Needs RECs for Ohio Operating Utilities
FirstEnergy Corp. has issued an RFP to purchase Ohio-compliant renewable energy credits (RECs) for its Ohio subsidiaries - Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and...
Southern Power Buys 350 MW of Solar Under Construction in Texas, Wyoming
Southern Power, a wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, recently acquired two solar facilities: the 200 MW Millers Branch Solar Facility in...
ComEd: From 837 Solar Installations in 2016 to 49,000 Today
Illinois investor-owned utility ComEd says more than 51,000 distributed energy resources (DER) were connected to grid as of September, including more than 49,000 residential...
Virginia Utility Looking for Approval on 772 MW of Solar
In its fourth annual clean energy filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Dominion Energy Virginia has proposed more than a dozen new...
Michigan Utility Shifting Former Coal-Generation Site to Solar
Investor-owned utility Consumers Energy says it is spearheading the development of an 85 MW solar array at the former Karn coal facilities in Essexville,...
Eighth Round of Grid Modernization Grants Delivers Nearly $170 Million
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined total of $167.7 million to 11 states, 20 tribal nations and two territories in...
GE Vernova, EnergyHub Pair Up to Improve DER Management
GE Vernova's Digital business and EnergyHub, a specialist in distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) software, have formed a partnership aimed at redefining how...
EDF Renewables North America Inks Solar+Storage Project Deal
EDF Renewables North America, an independent power producer and service provider, has executed a 20-year power purchase agreement with El Paso Electric (EPE) in...
Southern Power Acquires First Wyoming Solar Facility
Southern Power, a wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, has acquired its 30th solar project — the 150 MW South Cheyenne Solar...