COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 13 -- American Electric Power Corp. issued the following news release: American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Icahn Capital L.P. and certain of its affiliates, under which Hunter C. Gary, senior managing director at Icahn Enterprises L.P., and Henry ("Hank") P. Linginfelter, retired executive vice president of Southern Company Gas, will join AEP's Board of Directors, effective today. Julie Sloat, AEP chair, presiden  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Feb. 15, 2024: * * * 45V or 45Q? How Tax Credits Will Influence Low-Carbon Hydrogen's Development By Mathias Zacarias and Joseph Majkut Clean hydrogen has emerged as a crucial tool to help decarbonize hard to abate economic sectors and achieve both climate and energy security targets. The Inflation Reduction Act introduced generous incentives to spur the growth of the emerging U.S. cl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2024, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket No. EL23-101-000) involving Mid-Atlantic Offshore Development LLC.: * * * I concur with today's order for two basic reasons: First, while I have repeatedly called for reforming the Commission's practice of awarding incentives to transmission developers in seeming "check the box" exercises,[1] the cost  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced today that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $700,000 to Patrick County, Virginia, for the West Piedmont Planning District Commission Universal Broadband Project. This project plans to install 101 miles of fiber, which will ensure service is available at 3,424 locations around Patrick County. "The $700,000 awarded by   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (TNScapv) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: Today, a coalition of 32 groups sent a letter to Members of Congress urging them to reject the Air Quality Standards Implementation Act of 2024. The bill would weaken the Clean Air Act, severely limit the use of science-based decision-making, and prioritize industry profits over the right of communities to breathe clean air. "The Air Quality Standards Implementation Act of 2024 unjustifiably weake  more

MARION, Indiana, Feb. 16 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is upgrading service in downtown Marion by replacing existing wires, poles and related equipment with new, stronger, more reliable infrastructure. Downtown Marion work is beginning this week and is expected to be completed by spring. Beginning next week, work will involve temporary power outages for several customers at a time. In total, only a  more

BANNER ELK, North Carolina, Feb. 13 -- Lees-McRae College issued the following news: By Maya Jarrell Since graduating with a degree in Public Relations from Appalachian State University in 1991, Master of Health Administration student Tracy Stevenson has spent more than 20 years working in the healthcare supply chain industry. She discovered the field by chance when an entry-level position opened up at a local hospital--now owned by Atrium Health--and she decided to make a career shift and lea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that West Virginia projects will receive a total of $3,741,000 in Fiscal Year 2024 allocations through the U.S. Department of the Interior, made possible by Chairman Manchin's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These   more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Feb. 17 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: The Food as Health Alliance (FAHA), housed in the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, has received a grant from the American Heart Association (AHA). UK is among the first recipients of AHA's Health Care by Food Initiative awards. FAHA director Alison Gustafson will examine how a user-centered design program can improve screening, referral enrollment and engageme  more