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The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously voted on March 18 to uphold the process that was used by the Public Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to set rates in the service territory of Toledo Edison parent FirstEnergy (Docket No.14-1297-EL-SSO).
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved Georgia Power's request (Docket No. 3382) to reduce its fuel rates by an additional 15 percent on May 17.
The Hard Rock Café in London cut its food waste disposal costs by 56 percent and reduced carbon emissions by 9.7 metric tons since installing BioHiTech’s commercial food waste disposal system.
From an energy efficiency standpoint, hotels seem to have much in common with office buildings. And they indeed do: Hotels and office buildings generally are large structures that often are managed in portfolios. Increasing energy efficiency at a hotel involves many of the same technical steps as doing so in an office. But ... Read more »
The Dow Chemical Company has increased its 2025 clean energy target from 400 MW to 750 MW, according to the company. Dow said that to achieve the goal it is partnering with NRG Energy and NRG Yield. The companies have entered a 10-year wind power purchase agreement for the 150 MW ... Read more »
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New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said that Best Buy and Nordstrom have agreed to a request from the New York State Common Retirement Fund that they increase the use of renewable energy in their operations and supply chain. The agreement of the two Fortune 500 companies has led DiNapoli to ... Read more »
At a time when some in Congress have attacked environmental standards as a burden to business, companies are showing that they can—by implementing an internationally recognized energy standard—reduce energy waste and harmful pollution while improving their own bottom lines.
Coal exects are saying that the impending stream protection rule due out this summer would be the most expensive coal regulation ever enacted. But the Obama administration says that it is long overdue and necessary to protect water quality.
A California grand jury has indicted the Plains All American Pipeline Co. after its pipeline near Santa Barbara burst last year and permitted the spilling of 140,000 gallons of crude oil into Pacific Ocean. The indictment also includes one of its employees.
The EPA's 2017 proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements, announced yesterday, would require refineries to blend 18.8 billion gallons of biofuels into the nation’s gasoline supply next year.
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The Global Reporting Initiative has launched a technology initiative that aims to address key challenges in sustainability reporting: the lack of structured data and the lack of demand for digital reporting.
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) announced on May 12 that it had joined with two other advocacy organizations – Fresh Energy and the Environmental Law & Policy Center – in filing a joint motion with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission asking for an update in the standards for distributed generation interconnection so that the state can “remain consistent with
Boston-based Altenex – an Edison Energy company that provides renewable energy advisory and procurement services – went public on May 18 with its proprietary Renewable Energy Purchase Agreement (REPA), designed to be used by commercial, industrial, and institutional clients.
Both the quality of an organization and the energy efficiency of the building that houses it start at the top. In one case, it's the business plan. In the other, it's the roof.
Delta has introduced the M80U photovoltaic inverter, which it says is the first wall-mounted 80kW string inverter available. The M80U is a grid-tied, 3-phase and transformer-less device that converts the direct current output from a photovoltaic system to alternating current (AC). It offers 98.8 percent efficiency that enables the electricity ... Read more »
A MarketsandMarkets report says the global aircraft lighting sector will expand at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.08 percent and reach a total value of $2.55 billion by 2021. The report says that several factors will drive the market going forward. These include growth in the number of aircraft built, increase ... Read more »
The probe into what Exxon Mobile Corp. knew and when it knew it has run into opposition from two states, Texas and Alabama, which will oppose efforts by the Virgin Islands to obtain early research by the oil giant. Attorney generals from those state say that the investigation by the US territory is a violation of Exxon's First Amendment rights
Clean energy supplies as a total of the global electricity generation portfolio have been on the decline for two decades, according to Environmental Progress, which also says that a primary reason for this is because of the threats to nuclear generation.
The ERC national average benchmark price for retail electricity increased again last week by slightly more than one percent to $0.0745 per kilowatt hour (kWh).
Medical waste — more than 5.4 tons per year for an average operating room — costs each operating room about $5,243, according to the 2015 Practice Greenhealth Sustainability Benchmark Report. A partnership between Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon, which manufacturers surgical devices and and Intermountain Healthcare is tackling this issue, ... Read more »
Carbon capture and storage can help countries achieve emissions goals outlined in the Paris climate agreement — but first CCS technology must improve so that it captures at least 95 percent of CO2 emissions, according to researchers from the Sustainable Gas Institute at Imperial College London.
Smart water loss and leak detection technology company Gutermann helping Miami-Dade County, Florida, keep its non-revenue water to less than 10 percent as its implements a $13.5 billion capital improvement upgrade to the county’s water and sewer infrastructure.
More than a year after its original filing for a rate hike in March 2015, and following considerable pushback from local residents about a mandatory demand charge that stood at the crux of the proposal, UniSource Electric Service (UNS Electric) – which serves nearly 250,000 customers in Arizona – has backed off slightly on its requirements.
The MIT Energy Initiative says that says its Helia IQ microgrid technology will make owning and operating such localized networks a lot easier, and more efficient.
Good and deep data is the key to energy efficiency. This, in turn, drives savings and is important in creating a better image for the organization. However, it is surprising how manual the billing and energy data processes remain.