The Southwest Power Pool just won the right to spread the costs of certain transmission projects across its 14-state footprint, despite the objections of American Electric Power and Excel Energy. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 3-2 on Friday in support of the SPP’s proposal reported Utility Dive. The plan had been opposed by …
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Excel Energy plans to end coal use by 2030
Excel Energy, a firm that serves eight states, announced this week it plans to stop using coal nationwide by the end of 2030. It also plans to speed up the retirement of coal-fired units at its Tolk Generating Station in Texas reported Wisconsin Public Radio. Click here for Wisconsin Public Radio
Colorado towns join lawsuit to fight crude oil train
At least 10 communities in Colorado have joined a lawsuit to block plans for increased crude oil train traffic from Utah across Colorado. The towns are appealing the Surface Transportation Board’s 2020 decision for a new 88-mile stretch of railroad in Utah that would connect Uinta Basin oil fields with the national rail network …
Panasonic to launch construction of battery plant Oklahoma failed to get
The plant that Oklahoma lost—Panasonic’s $4 billion electronic vehicle battery plant will see construction this week in the eastern Kansas town of DeSoto. Work is set to begin following a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday at the site of the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant south of highway K-10. Oklahoma was one of the two …
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** U.S. federal regulators have told Freeport LNG to provide information needed for the planned restart of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Texas, the second-largest U.S. LNG export plant, as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for review. ** A seriously low U.S. and global diesel supply is likely to drive up fuel costs and …
