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Puerto Rico’s government and private institutions are worried the island’s electric grid could once again collapse, after federal officials announced the end of an emergency power generation mission. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials last month informed Puerto Rico’s reconstruction authority, known as Cor3, that it would cease operations by March 15 of two emergency…
Republican legislators blasted Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal Wednesday that calls for requiring new cars sold in Connecticut to be zero-emission electric by 2035. Lawmakers said it was impractical to ban the sales of new gasoline-powered cars because the state does not have enough electric charging stations and the costs are too high. Upgrading the state’s electric grid to power the cars and ...
Maine voters had a chance Tuesday to fundamentally reshape their energy system by taking over their two for-profit electric utilities and creating a new community-owned energy company. But more than two-thirds of voters said no to that proposal in the off-year election.
Texas Proposition 7, originating from S.J.R. 93, would create the Texas Energy Fund, which would support and finance the “construction, maintenance, and modernization of electric generating facilities.”
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that it will disburse $440 million to install solar panels on low-income homes in Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles with ongoing power outages and a crumbling electric grid. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who is visiting Puerto Rico for the sixth time this year, said the department has selected a group of nonprofits and solar companies for the project, which will target up to 40,000 homes. Eligible households would be located in impoverished communities that experience frequent power outages or have a person with a disability that depends on power, such as a dialysis patient.
AUSTIN, Texas, October 30, 2023--Hyliion Holdings Corp. (NYSE: HYLN) ("Hyliion"), a developer of KARNO generator and electric powertrain technologies, today announced that its innovative KARNO generator has successfully provided power to the electric grid. This achievement is a major step in technology development, and further demonstrates the generator’s viability in distributed grid applications.
OG&E announced on Wednesday that the company was selected to receive a $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to strengthen the Oklahoma electric grid.