WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs issued the following testimony by Travis Fisher, director of energy and environmental policy at the Cato Institute, involving a hearing on March 12, 2024, entitled "The Power Struggle: Examining the Reliability and Security of America's Electrical Grid": * * * Chairman Fallon, Ranking Member Bush, and distinguished members of the subcommittee: Thank you for the   more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- Consolidated Edison, a provider of energy-related products and services, issued the following news release: Con Edison customers set records for solar and battery storage capacity and electric vehicle charging installations, as well as doubling electric vehicle sales in 2023, according to the company's quarterly snapshot of customer adoption of clean energy technologies. Customers also completed more than 5,600 heat pump installations this past year, topping 30,000 since   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency received the following public communication dated March 18, 2024: * * * To: Sarah Au Data Gathering and Analysis Division (7406M) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics United States Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 Re: Initiation of Prioritization Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Request for Comment (Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0601; 88 Fed. Reg. 8742  more

AKRON, Ohio, March 26 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) announced today it has completed the previously disclosed sale of an additional 30% ownership interest in its FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC (FET) subsidiary to Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners (Brookfield) for $3.5 billion. FirstEnergy received $2.3 billion of cash proceeds at closing, with the remaining $1.2 billion in interest-bearing notes due from Brookfield,   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 26 (TNSres) -- GTI Energy issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: * * * New toolkit aims to help unlock hydrogen's full potential and bring greater transparency to hydrogen markets * * * The Open Hydrogen Initiative (OHI), today announced a first-of-its-kind open-source toolkit (https://www.gti.energy/ohi/lca-toolkit/) aimed at furthering transparency into the environmental impact of hydrogen production. This toolkit, which will help to unlock hydrogen's  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Tricia K. Jedele, Offshore Wind Policy Manager, the Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, has issued a public comment to the U.S. Department of the Interior. The comment was written on March 13, 2024, and posted on March 14, 2024. The comment was on Docket No. BOEM-2024-0001. * * * To: Chief, Division of Environmental Assessment Office of Environmental Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600 Woodland Road (VAM-OREP) Sterling, Virginia 20166 RE: Draft  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, March 26 -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: Economists and environmental scientists from Northumbria University have joined forces with regional leaders across the North East to co-design a renewable energy toolkit. Working with local authorities, the National Farmers' Union (NFU), the National Trust and industry experts, academics from the University have developed a renewable energy toolkit which provides clear and accessible guidance t  more

CRANFIELD, England, March 26 (TNSres) -- Cranfield University issued the following news release: * * * * Largest ever research funding win for Cranfield University * Investment heralds a 'step change' in hydrogen research, developing the first large scale hydrogen research hub at any UK airport * Funding will unlock technical challenges and scale-up hydrogen-enabled aviation to help meet net zero emissions targets * * * Cranfield University will spearhead the research and development of th  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: HOUSTON - (March 25, 2024) - Two student startups from Rice University won cash prizes for their energy companies at the Energy Venture Day and Pitch Competition at CERAWeek March 20 -- an annual event to showcase energy ventures driving efficiency and advancements toward the energy transition through fields such as renewables, hydrogen solutions and carbon storage. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurs  more

ROCHESTER, New York, March 26 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Rochester Institute of Technology will be a contributing partner on a $4.5 million U.S. Department of Energy initiative to improve the operation of grid transmission and distribution systems, including how information about energy resources can be better transmitted securely. The university will provide optimization models and methods as more solar energy resources are added to the current grid  more

BOULDER, Colorado, March 26 -- The Underwriters Laboratories issued the following news release: UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, announced the release of the new 1.0 version of HOMER(R) Front software, adding expanded performance and financial forecasting capabilities to the subscription-based online application for designing, optimizing and maximizing the revenue and return on investment of complex utility-scale energy storage, solar, wind and hybrid systems. With the   more