Tag: Energy
Consumers Energy Makes $100,000 Available in Grants to Support Tree Planting in Michigan Communities
Consumers Energy is offering $100,000 in grants to Michigan communities this year to plant trees, an effort to encourage responsible tree planting and sustainable urban forests in communities across the state.
OPIC to Support 20 MW Jamaican Solar Energy Facility
Florida-based WRB Enterprises to develop Clarendon solar photovoltaic facility $47 million OPIC loan catalyzes private sector support for White House Caribbean Energy Security Initiative
GEMS PROGRAM BEGINS ACCEPTING CLEAN ENERGY LOAN APPLICATIONS FROM CONSUMERS
The Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, an attached agency of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, announced today that it has begun accepting loan applications from consumers seeking to finance solar photovoltaic syst...
EPA Recognizes Bowdoin College for Energy Efficiency Efforts
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine is being recognized by EPA with a 2015 Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award. CHP technology produces electricity and useful heat simultaneously from a single energy source, such as natural gas, oil, or bio...
HAWAII CAN ACHIEVE 30% RENEWABLE ENERGY AND REDUCE COSTS BY 2020, STUDY SAYS
Hawaii can cost-effectively achieve and even exceed its 30 percent renewable-energy goal by 2020, according to a new study by the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawaii Manoa and GE Energy Consulting
Boustany Responds to Supreme Court EPA Ruling
Congressman Charles Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court struck down the Obama Administration's restrictions on coal-fired power plants.
Western Michigan University Receives First New Consumers Energy Meter in Kalamazoo Area
Western Michigan University was the first in the region to receive an upgraded electric meter today as a Consumers Energy program kicked-off for its customers in the Kalamazoo region. The Western View Apartments Clubhouse was the site today of a short ...
Bipartisan Efforts Help to Keep New Jersey Solar Installations on Track
If approved and signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie, bipartisan legislation approved this week by the New Jersey Legislature will help to keep New Jersey solar installations on track for 2015. The state is projected to add nearly 300 megawatts (MW) ...
DWR Announces Final Funding Awards for Grants to Save Water and Energy
The grants will help California respond to the immediate drought while building resiliency to cope with future droughts and climate change. They are DWR’s first grants using proceeds from California’s cap-and-trade program for combating climate cha...
Newhouse, Herrera Beutler Amendment to Classify Hydropower Among Renewable Sources of Energy Passes House
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) introduced an amendment to H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015, which would direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to recognize hydropower as a renewable energy sourc...
Hurd Votes to Protect Energy Consumers from Executive Overreach
U.S. Representative Will Hurd acted to protect energy consumers today by voting in favor of the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed the House on a largely partisan vote. This bill will delay, pending a judicial review, the deadline power plants are ...
Protecting Families from Double Digit Energy Bill Hikes
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement today commending House passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 2042), introduced by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
Olson Votes to Protect Energy Consumers
Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today voted to restore power to the states and court system by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay implementation of their new Clean Power Plan. The bill H.R.2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act requires E...
Sinema Votes to Keep Energy Affordable for Arizona Families
Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema voted in favor of the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 2042) to protect Arizona families from increasing electricity costs. “Arizonans work hard every day to pay their bills and put food on the table, and Washing...
Huizenga Fights to Protect Michigan’s Clean Energy Investment in Ludington from the EPA
The House passed H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which included a bipartisan amendmentfrom Congressman Huizenga (MI-02) and Congressman Kildee (MI-05) encouraging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to include the benefits of clean energ...
Smith Supports Bill to Empower States over EPA Regulations
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today praised H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 in a hearing on the economic impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to regulate power plants. T...
Bennet, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Bill to Level Playing Field for Renewable Energy
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) to introduce a bipartisan bill to level the energy playing field by giving investors in renewable energy projects access to decades-old tax incentives ...
Report: Solar Energy Benefits Vastly Outweigh Costs For Immediate Release
Homes and businesses with solar panels deliver more value to power customers and society than they receive through programs like net metering, a report said today, countering increasing complaints from utilities that solar homeowners don’t pay their ...
Consumers Energy Develops Community Solar Program to Power Michigan with New Renewable Energy Sources
Consumers Energy today announced plans to move forward with a new community solar program, called Solar Gardens, that will develop renewable energy sources with help from Michigan residents.
USDA Rural Development Announces 13 Businesses to Receive Grants Totaling $119,700 for Energy Projects...
USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Lisa Mensah announced today that 13 Maine businesses have been selected to receive grants under the USDA Rural Development Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
NGBS Green Certified Homes Receive Interest Rate Reduction in Washington State
The Washington State Housing Finance Commission recognizes NGBS Green Certification (Silver level and higher) as one option for meeting the requirements of the Energy Spark Home Loan program. Energy Spark provides a .25 interest rate reduction for qual...
REACH Opens Affordable, Innovative Passive House Development Largest multi-family Passive House building opens in...
REACH CDC is proud to welcome Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici to celebrate the grand opening of Orchards at Orenco, a new development located at the Orenco Station in Hillsboro, Oregon. Orchards at Orenco Phase I is the largest multi-family building bu...
Brown Marks Completion of “Plant C” Redevelopment Project in Ashtabula
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited Ashtabula today to mark the completion of the redevelopment project at the former First Energy C Plant, known as “Plant C.” Brown helped secure $1.55 million for redevelopment of the facility, which serves the...
Advanced Microgrid Solutions and Shell Energy North America Team Up to Install Battery Storage
Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Shell Energy North America (Shell Energy) to install up to 20 Megawatts (MWs) of battery storage at Shell Energy commercial, industrial and utility cus...
Citi and Renew Financial Announce First Ever Energy Efficiency Loan Asset-Backed Security Transaction
Citi and Renew Financial today announced that they recently closed the first ever asset-backed security (ABS) transaction comprised of unsecured consumer energy efficiency loans. This is good news for Kentucky homeowners who need to make energy efficie...
Brown Announces $3.5 Million in Federal Funding for Advanced Energy Project at Sunpower Inc....
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced $3,500,000 in federal funding for a generator development project at SunPower Inc. in Athens. “The generators built at SunPower could serve as a model for energy efficiency efforts across the country,”...
Energy Pioneer Mike Mehrdad Leads ETI To The Next Frontier
If you think “smart building” technology is a product of the 21st century, well … you would be wrong. Dial back your assumptions to the early 1980s, when a young, American-educated immigrant settled in Columbia with a novel idea for radically ad...
Gov. Rick Snyder: Consumers Energy, DTE Energy each to invest $5 billion in partnership...
Businesses across the state could get a boost from a combined $10 billion commitment from DTE Energy and Consumers Energy as part of the state’s Pure Michigan Business Connect program, Gov. Rick Snyder said
Cantwell Applauds $7 Million in Grants to Washington State Energy Projects
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded an announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) that it has awarded more than $...
Nancy Jenkins of Southern California Edison Joins NBI Board
New Buildings Institute (NBI) has announced the addition of Nancy Jenkins, manager of DSM Strategy and Compliance at Southern California Edison (SCE), as the newest member of the organization’s Board of Directors. Ms. Jenkins is currently responsible...
