INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct. 27 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following agenda: * * * TO: Commission Chairman James F. Huston, Commissioners Bennett, Freeman, Veleta and Ziegner FROM: Commission Technical Divisions DATE: October 25, 2024 RE: 30-Day Utility Articles for Conference on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m. The following thirty-day filings have been submitted to the Commission. Each item was reviewed by the appropriate Commission Technical Divisions  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 27 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00338) on Oct. 25, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. For A Certificate Of Public Convenience And Necessity To Bid On A Franchise To Serve The City Of Dayton, Kentucky ORDER On October 18, 2024, Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (Duke Kentucky) filed its application with the Commission seeking a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessi  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 27 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00123) on Oct. 25, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Sam Ollie Droganes, Complainant V. Duke Energy Kentucky Inc., Defendant ORDER Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (Duke Kentucky) is hereby notified that it has been named as a Defendant in a formal complaint filed on April 24, 2024, a copy of which is attached as an Appendix to this Order and incorporated herein. The Commission finds that   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced over $3 billion in new funding from the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) investment passed in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Including today's announcements, the USDA has now announced over $8.3 billion in New ERA funding, the largest federal investment in rural electricity since the Rural Electrification Act of the 1930s. $2.5 billion of the   more

MIDLAND, Michigan, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following study on August 9, 2024 entitled "Shorting the Great Lakes Grid: How Net Zero Plans Risk Energy Reliability". The study was written by Joshua Antonini and Jason Hayes. Here are excerpt: * * * Executive Summary Reliable and affordable electricity makes modern society possible. Every second of every day, enough electricity is generated to meet our demands. The hasty transition to so-called net-zer  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 26 -- The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Jim Matheson today welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture's second round of awards for electric cooperatives under its Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program. The roughly $1 billion in new funding was announced by Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small today in Colorado, along with $2.5  more