WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on July 28, 2023: * * * Congressionally-Mandated Appliance Standards Will Save Americans Nearly $20 Billion Over 30 years and Slash Carbon Pollution in Communities Across the Nation * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced three new energy efficiency actions that will save Americans more than $1 billion in utility bills every year. The Congressionally-mandated final standards for commercial water   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on July 28, 2023: * * * DOE Intends to Lease Land on Sites Across the U.S. for Utility-Scale Clean Energy Projects * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today kicked off its "Cleanup to Clean Energy" initiative, an innovative effort to repurpose parts of DOE-owned lands--portions of which were previously used in the nation's nuclear weapons program--into the sites of clean-energy generation. Working with a div  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on July 28, 2023, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. RM22-14) on improvements to generator interconnection procedures and agreements: * * * As the findings of this final rule illustrate, our nation is facing a grid infrastructure crisis. Five years ago, the Commission issued Order No. 845 in an effort to improve interconnection queue delays, noting   more