BOONE, North Carolina, June 3 (TNSawa) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: Three App State graduate students won a $25,000 prize for their sustainable business pitch at the second annual EnergyTech University Prize (UP) competition during the spring 2023 semester. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions, the event has teams identify a promising energy technology, assess its market potential and pitch a strategy for commercializ  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNStalk) -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * The American Clean Power Association's (ACP) CEO Jason Grumet today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives advanced a bill to suspend the nation's debt limit through January 1, 2025, containing certain permitting reforms: "Tonight's vote was necessary to avoid a default on the nation's debt and avoid a self-inflicted wound on the America  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: David Tudor, CEO and General Manager of Associated Electric Cooperative Incorporated (AECI), provided testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the reliability of electric systems. AECI supplies 51 local electric cooperatives in Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma while running two of the dirtiest coal plants in the country: Thomas Hill and New Madrid. Jenn DeRose, Missouri Ca  more

PALM SPRINGS, California, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management issued a Notice to Proceed with construction for the Sunlight Storage II Battery Energy Storage System project in Riverside County, increasing energy storage for the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm. Once completed, the project will provide up to 300 megawatts of additional renewable energy storage capacity, boosting reliability for the s  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the Bonanza Solar Project, in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada. If approved as proposed, this project would generate up to 300 megawatts of solar energy and would include 300 megawatts of battery storage for communities in southwest Nevada, including Las Vegas. The proposed project, which would include the con  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 3 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: Yesterday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) released a decision in Xcel Energy's electric rate proposal, which will impact Xcel's 1.3 million electric customers across the state. Meaningful provisions include lowering Xcel's proposed return on equity from the company's requested 10.2 percent to 9.25 percent, a rejection of proposed investments that wo  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center of Energy, Climate, and Environment at the Heritage Foundation, involving a hearing on May 23, 2023, entitled "Growing the Domestic Energy Sector Supply Chain and Manufacturing Base: Are Federal Efforts Working?": * * * I am honored to be invited to testify before you today on the subject of "Federal Efforts to Shrink   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Jeremy Harrell, chief strategy officer of ClearPath Inc., involving a hearing on May 23, 2023, entitled "Growing the Domestic Energy Sector Supply Chain and Manufacturing Base: Are Federal Efforts Working?": * * * My name is Jeremy Harrell, and I am the Chief Strategy Officer of ClearPath, a 501(c)(3) organization that develops and advances policies that accelerate  more

STANFORD, California, May 27 (TNSres) -- The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment issued the following news release: * * * New reports detail how faculty, students, and scholars came together from across campus to generate sustainability solutions. * * * Each year, researchers at Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory produce hundreds of studies that advance our knowledge of environmental systems and generate innovative solutions to some of the most pressing energy, ecolog  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 3 -- The Minnesota Utilities Commission issued the following decision involving Magellan Pipeline Co. L.P., Northern States Power Co. dba Xcel Energy and Global Tel*Link Corp. dba ViaPath Technologies: * * * INTRODUCTION DECISION ITEMS 1. Details 2021-095 * E002/M-20-86 Northern States Power Company, d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of the Petition of Northern States Power, doing business as Xcel Energy, for Approval of General Time-Of-Use Service Tariff. (PUC: St  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 2 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today awarded a little over $1 million in 2022 Environmental Education Grant funding to 73 projects statewide, including 18 projects in the southwest region. "The Shapiro Administration is committed to delivering practical solutions to the environmental and safety issues our communities face   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on June 2, 2023, on averting default and the bipartisan budget agreement: * * * THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, when I ran for President, I was told the days of bipartisanship were over and that Democrats and Republicans could no longer work together. But I refused to believe that, because America can never give into that way of thinking. Look, the only way American democracy can function is through compromise and consensu  more

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 27 (TNSres) -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release: * * * RMI's Energy Transition Academy accelerates action to advance distributed energy resources (DERs) in collaboration with the Lagos Energy Academy (LEA) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). * * * NERC Commissioner, Dr Yusuf Ali addressed RMI's Global Fellowship Program participants concluding the Nigeria cohort's six-month training program. The event brought together distr  more

HELSINKI, Finland, June 2 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at an event at the Helsinki City Hall on what he calls Russia's strategic failure and Ukraine's secure future. He was introduced by Helsinki Mayor Juhana Vartiainen and Mika Aaltola, director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. * * * MAYOR VARTIAINEN: Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, it is my great pleasure to warmly welcome you all to the bea  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSres) -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is releasing a suite of new and updated resources for consumers to meet the increase in demand for solar power created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). With the IRA's incentives in place and energy bills weighing on family budgets, consumers are eager to add solar and storage to their energy mix. SEIA's new resources  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 3 (TNSgov) -- The Communications Workers of America issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: In a major victory, a majority of employees at Solar Alliance Southeast voted for union representation with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in an official National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election held today. With a union and a voice on the job, the workers are preparing to bargain for a fair contract that will ensure workers receive fair compensatio  more