TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 28 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following weekly summary of orders in the electric industry division docket: * * * DOCKET NO. 20230020-EI DATE FILED: 08/27/2024 ORDER NO. AND DESCRIPTION: PSC-2024-0377-FOF-EI Final Order PSC-2024-0377-FOF-EI granting Duke Energy's petition for recovery of incremental storm restoration costs for Hurricanes Elsa, Eta, Isaias, Ian, Nichole, Idalia, and Tropical Storm Fred; docket to remain open so that Duke Ene  more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Aug. 28 -- The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation issued the following news release: In its centennial year, The Duke Endowment has made four awards totaling nearly $4.69 million to help the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) improve access to health care throughout South Carolina. Since 1994, the Endowment has invested more than $40 million in MUSC's lifesaving mission. "For 30 years now, MUSC and The Duke Endowment have worked as partners to  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 27 -- EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, Ireland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12074471 B2, initially filed Dec. 18, 2020) developed by James Edwin Martin, Fletcher, North Carolina, and James Michael Andrew Queen, Raleigh, North Carolina, for "Apparatus and methods for distribution of UPS-associated energy storage."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 27 -- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, American Samoa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12071892 B2, initially filed Sept. 1, 2023) developed by three inventors Omar Kabir, Houston, Texas; Gary W. Sams, Houston, Texas; and Ronald J. Manson, Spring, Texas, for "Compressed N2 for energy storage."  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency has released the following public communication on Aug. 26, 2024, from NC WARN, Durham, North Carolina: * * * As FEMA considers how to define "resilience" and "resiliency" regarding how it provides assistance to communities in the wake of a natural disaster, in permanent restoration projects, and efforts to protect communities from future disasters, NC WARN strongly encourages the agency to prio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 22, 2024, from A.O. Smith Corp., Milwaukee, Wisconsin: * * * To: Ms. Julia Hegarty U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Office, EE-5B 1000 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20585 Email: ConsumerWaterHeaters2017STD0019@ee.doe.gov Reg Site: https://www.regulations.gov  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 22, 2024, from Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute and five collaborators: * * * To: The Honorable Jennifer Granholm Secretary U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20585-0121 Re: Docket Number EERE-2017-BT-STD-0019: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters * * * D  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 27 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, Washington, District of Columbia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12071583 B2, initially filed June 24, 2020) developed by three inventors Darin J. Sharar, Silver Spring, Maryland; Ronald Warzoha, Severna Park, Maryland; and Brian Donovan, Annapolis, Maryland, for "Solid state martensitic transformation phase change material components for thermal energy storage and transient heat transf  more