This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 25, 2024. By Alex Gorski On average, U.S. electricity customers experienced approximately five and one-half hours of electricity interruptions in 2022, almost two hours [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on Jan. 25, 2024. By Akielly Hu Climate activists have set their sights on a new target in the fight to slow global warming: utilities. Around a dozen communities across the [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Dec. 27, 2023. By Katherine Antonio Last year, the U.S. electric power sector produced 4,090 million megawatthours (MWh) of electric power. In 2022, generation [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Dec. 15, 2023. Latest IEA market report sees lower demand to 2026, based on current policies, but stronger actions are needed to drive a steeper [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 20, 2023. By Lindsay Aramayo, Mark Morey The average utilization rate (or capacity factor) for the entire U.S. fleet of combined-cycle natural gas turbine [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 16, 2023. By Lindsay Aramayo, Mark Morey So far in 2023, 10 natural gas-fired power plants have come online in the United States [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 11, 2023. By Elesia Fasching, Katherine Antonio We estimate that the United States added 6.4 gigawatts (GW) of small-scale solar capacity in 2022, [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on August 16, 2023. By Pablo Hevia-Koch, Rena Kuwahata, Camille Paillard, Jae Sun Lee Regional integration of power systems strengthens energy security, decarbonization and efficiency Designers [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 26, 2023. By M. Tyson Brown An extreme heat wave in late June and July led to record-breaking demand for electricity in Texas [Read more]
Washington, D.C. – On June 13, CTC Global Corporation, TS Conductor, and VEIR Inc. announced the formation of the Advancing Modern Powerlines (AMP) Coalition. The coalition will be focused on promoting the use of high-capacity [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 7, 2023. By Max Ober According to our Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), U.S. electricity generation from natural gas reached a record-high 619 billion kilowatthours [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 10, 2023 By Lindsay Aramayo Record-breaking rain and snow in parts of the western United States contribute to our forecast 72 per cent rise [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on April 17, 2023. By Gabriela Aoun Angueira After a nearly two-decades-long permitting process, a 732-mile transmission line capable of sending power from what will be the largest onshore [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on March 31, 2023. By Yannick Monschauer, Chiara Delmastro, Rafael Martinez-Gordon, At current growth rates, heat pumps would nearly double their share of heating in buildings [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 6, 2023. By Elesia Fasching Wind, solar, and battery storage are growing as a share of new electric-generating capacity each year. In 2023, [Read more]
According to SaskPower, the government of Saskatchewan has approved 700 megawatts (MW) of new renewable generation to be added in the south-central area of the province by 2027. The new capacity will include 400 MW [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 7, 2022. By M. Tyson Brown Due to continued competition from natural gas and renewable resources, 23 per cent of the 200,568 megawatts [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 4, 2022. By Mark Morey Eight new natural gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants have come online or will come online in [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Sept. 14, 2022. Exports and imports British Columbia is one of Canada’s four largest electricity exporting provinces. It is part of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 13, 2022. By Paul McArdle, Elesia Fasching From 2016 to 2020, the carbon intensity of U.S. power generation fell 18 per cent, driven [Read more]
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