WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will delay its scheduled data releases for November 8-10, 2023, to complete a planned systems upgrade. EIA will resume its regular publishing schedule on November 13. The delay will affect all scheduled data releases, including the Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR) on November 8 and the Weekly Natural G  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket No. EC23-99-000) involving Federal Power Act Section 203 regulations in Northern Indiana Public Service Co.: * * * I concur with today's order because it is consistent with the Commission's practice for years regarding evaluating applications under section 203 of the Federal Power Act. I write separat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023, by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. RM22-12-000) on reliability standards to address inverter-based resources: * * * I concur in today's order[1] in which we direct NERC to develop new or modified mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards prior to 2030 in order to address a set of reliability risks we have known about, and been act  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Ruth Skoug, of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Space Science and Applications group, was named fellow by the American Geophysical Union (AGU); Skoug is among 63 new fellows this year. Since 1962, AGU has elected fewer than 0.1 percent of its members to join this prestigious group of individuals. She was selected for her far-reaching impact to experimental space plasma phys  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers have shown how an all-solid lithium-based electrolyte material can be used to develop fast charging, long-range batteries for electric vehicles that are also safer than conventional designs. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Currently, the biggest hurdle for electric vehicles, or EVs, is the development of advanced battery technology to extend driving r  more