DALLAS, Texas, April 6 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised Duke Energy Florida, LLC (the "Company") on a SEC-registered offering of $173 million aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Floating Rate Series due 2074. The Company will pay interest on the Bonds quarterly in arrears at a floating rate equal to compounded SOFR minus 0.35%. The Company, a Florida limited liability company and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 5 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Today, Duke Energy, the largest electric utility in the state, filed a case with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission's (IURC) requesting to raise residential customers' bills an additional 19% by 2026. If approved, Duke would use its customers' money to keep its massively polluting Gibson and Edwardsport coal-burning power plants open. Extensive evidence in Duke's previous rate hike cas  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 6 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on April 4, 2024, at an event at the Naomi Drenan Recreation Center on investments in climate action: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Please have a seat. Please have a seat. Donnetta, thank you for that introduction and all the work you've been doing at Self-Help. I'm going to talk about that work in a minute. But I really -- I really appreciate the fact that   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Alliance to Save Energy issued the following news: The Alliance to Save Energy applauds the Administration, EPA and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for defining the value and role of demand-side policy in the energy transition. Energy Efficiency is foundational to climate mitigation and sustainability, and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund provides the necessary capital and relevant programs to lead the transition with immediate and accelerated investments in demand  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 5, 2024: * * * Evaluating Chip Overcapacity and the Transatlantic Trade Tool Kit By Emily Benson, Catharine Mouradian and Pau Alvarez-Aragones A topic of growing prominence in the transatlantic policymaking arena is to what extent Chinese overcapacity of legacy ("mainstream") chips is or will become a problem and, if it is a problem, what to do about it. European Commission vice  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following statement on April 5, 2024: Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA): "This is Washington's worst kept secret. SEIA has been leading the effort to develop smart trade solutions that support American solar manufacturers in the near-term. "American solar manufacturers have been rightly sounding the alarm bell about deteriorating market  more

SUPERIOR, Wisconsin, April 5 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: After months of robust public input from city residents, Tribal leaders, health professionals, and utility representatives, the Superior City Council voted yesterday against another public hearing and will move ahead with the recommendation of its Plan Commission to deny Minnesota Power's requests to vacate city streets, rezone land, and amend Superior's 2040 Comprehensive Plan to allow for the build-out of a 625  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Judith Myers The Oxford English Dictionary defines synergy as "dynamic, productive, or profitable affinity, association, or link." That perfectly describes the new Agilent Center of Excellence for Cellular Intelligence at the University of California San Diego, where scientists can further their investigations of cellular dynamics through cooperative use of advanced technology.  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By David Pulgar, VCU College of Engineering James Vulcanoff, a mechanical and nuclear engineering graduate student, wants to improve power production efficiency in the realm of renewable energy. Their work using computational fluid dynamics will be featured at the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering's Research Showcase on April 10, where graduate students such as Vulcanoff wi  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 5 [Category: Chemicals] -- The American Chemistry Council issued the following news release: MACROECONOMY & END-USE MARKETS Job growth accelerated in March with nonfarm payrolls expanding by 303,000, once again coming in ahead of expectations. Job gains were broad based, however, there were fewer jobs in nondurable manufacturing and utilities. Employment in temporary help services, a bellwether, continued to drift lower. The average workweek ticked higher and average  more