WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on Feb. 16, 2023, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. ER22-495-002, ER22-495-003) involving Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc.: * * * I dissent because I continue to believe that the seasonal capacity proposal put forth by Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) fails to yield just and reasonable rates for the region. While the propo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 16, 2023, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. EL22-42-000) involving Renew Northeast Inc. and the American Clean Power Association vs. ISO New England Inc.: * * * I concur with the result of this order because I agree that Complainants have not demonstrated that the ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) tariff creates an undue preference for gas reso  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: Since the 1970s, scientists have known that copper has a special ability to transform carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels. But for many years, scientists have struggled to understand how this common metal works as an electrocatalyst, a mechanism that uses energy from electrons to chemically transform molecules into different products. Now, a rese  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $6 million in funding for six university-led research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value graphitic products and carbon-metal composites that can be employed in clean energy technologies. Expanding innovative uses  more