TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 26 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) approved recovery of transmission and distribution storm protection plan costs by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL); Duke Energy Florida, LLC (DEF); Tampa Electric Company (TECO); and Florida Public Utilities Company (FPUC). Established by the legislature in 2019, the annual storm protection plan cost recovery clause (SPPCRC)  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The 5 Lakes Energy and Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council issued a 29-page report in September 2024 entitled "Michigan's Clean Energy Economic Comeback: How Local Economies in Michigan Are Benefitting from State and Federal Climate Policies." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Powered by the Biden-Harris administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Michigan is experiencing an economic resurgence, ranking among the top five states in the US for new   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 9, 2024, from the American Chemistry Council: * * * To: Ms. Bari Brooks Office of Energy Justice and Equity U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20585 RE: Comments of the American Chemistry Council on Department of Energy Notice of Request for Information (RFI) Related to the Department of Energy's Equity Action Plan Update (Docket ID: DOE-HQ-202  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Gabel Associates issued a 40-page report on Sept. 17, 2024 entitled "ReSISting a Resource Shortfall: Fixing PJM's Surplus Interconnection Service to Enable Battery Storage." The report was written by Michael Borgatti and Sarah Yasutake. Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary As one of the world's largest power markets, PJM Interconnection, LLC ("PJM") plans and operates the transmission system and wholesale power markets in a nearly 370,000-mile service territ  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency issued a 86-page final report entitled "The Experts Mission" in September 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary In October 2022, the Director General of the Environmental Regeneration and Material Cycles Bureau of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) requested the IAEA to perform in 2023-24 three International Expert Meetings (IEMs) on volume reduction and recycling of removed soil arising from decontamination  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released the following public communication dated Sept. 16, 2024, from ClearPath: * * * To: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Subject: ClearPath Comments on Proposed Rule, "Categorical Exclusions From Environmental Review" [Regulation Identifier Number RIN-3150-AK54; Docket ID NRC-2018-0300] * * * Dear U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff: Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the Nuclea  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 26 -- Pratt Institute issued the following news: * * * Students from Design Works High School, which was co-founded by Pratt Institute and Bank Street College of Education, recently explored energy efficiency as part of an afterschool program. * * * Over a period of 12 weeks, ninth graders from Design Works High School in Brooklyn traveled to the Research Yard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard to figure out how to create a box that would stop ice cream from melting without   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Steptoe, a law firm, issued the following news release: Steptoe LLP advised BrightNight on their agreement with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to provide storage capacity from a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on a commercial industrial site in Pierce County, Washington (known as the Greenwater project). The facility will provide critical energy storage to PSE, its customers, and the region. BrightNight, a leading renewable power company that provides utility and commerc  more