A Minnesota law that bans power imports from new out-of-state coal-fired power plants is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court has deemed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit…
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During breakout sessions at this year’s Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Convention on June 13 and 14 in Chicago, discussions centered mostly on issues far from what’s traditionally been considered the…
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents U.S. investor-owned utilities, along with its Institute for Electric Innovation (IEI), has developed a new partnership with startup incubator 1776 to accelerate the…
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) listed costs and time among several reasons for its preferred method to close its coal ash impoundments in place, rather than by removal, but the…
Georgia Power will shut down and stop receiving coal ash at all 29 of its coal ash ponds within the next three years. The announcement on June 13 is the…
The annual Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Convention for investor-owned utilities began on Monday in Chicago with a focus on both cyber threats and physical threats. Although the opening general session…
A panel of former utility chief executives has chosen this year’s winners of the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) Edison Awards, which were announced on June 13, the first day of…
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) approved Minnesota Power Co.’s integrated resource plan (IRP) on June 9, which calls for the economic idling of the company’s Taconite Harbor Energy Center—a…
One of the witnesses testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 9 believes states and regulated entities will be granted additional time to comply…
Michigan utility DTE Energy announced on June 8 that it would retire a total of eight aging coal-fired units at three of its plants by 2023. The units slated for retirement…