MERRILLVILLE, Indiana, July 10 -- NiSource, a regulated utility company, issued the following news: NiSource Inc. subsidiaries Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO), Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. and Columbia Gas of Virginia, Inc. were named among the most trusted utility brands by Escalent, following its 2024 Cogent Syndicated Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement: Residential study. The ranking recognized only 33 brands nationwide, with the Ni  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 10 (TNSres) -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy will post its second-quarter 2024 financial results at 7 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 6, on the company's website at duke-energy.com/investors. An earnings conference call for analysts is scheduled at 10 a.m. ET that day to discuss the second-quarter 2024 results and other business and financial updates. The conference call will be hosted by Lynn Good, chair and chief executive officer, Harry  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 10 (TNSres) -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy will post its second-quarter 2024 financial results at 7 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 6, on the company's website at duke-energy.com/investors. An earnings conference call for analysts is scheduled at 10 a.m. ET that day to discuss the second-quarter 2024 results and other business and financial updates. The conference call will be hosted by Lynn Good, chair and chief executive officer, Harry  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: * * * Companies announced 1,300+ jobs and $700 million in new investments last month * * * Companies announced more than $700 million in nine new large-scale clean energy projects last month that are expected to employ at least 1,300 new workers across six states, according to the monthly tally of private-sector announcements from E2. The nine new projects brings the total number of new major projects annou  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 9 -- MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, Minnesota has been assigned a patent (No. US 12034171 B2, initially filed Nov. 9, 2020) developed by Joseph J. Viavattine, Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, and Brad C. Tischendorf, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for "Energy storage device assemblies."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 9 -- STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, Michigan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12029695 B2, initially filed June 9, 2022) developed by eight inventors Michael J. Hayes, South Haven, Michigan; Daniel V. Brosnan, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Annie Desaulniers, Bothell, Washington; Aaron D. Furman, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Alexey Titov, Redmond, Washington; Ming Chen, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Krishna S. Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Kevin M. Patmore, Plainwell, Michigan, for "  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 10 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release: The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) accepted Xcel Energy's Integrated Distribution Plan (IDP) during its deliberative meeting on July 2. The IDP provides a long-term roadmap for Xcel's distribution system planning and strategy, and to some degree provides guidance for the Commission's decisions on specific cost recovery requests from the utility in its rate cases. The Commiss  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 9 -- OSHKOSH DEFENSE, LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin has been assigned a patent (No. US 12030479 B1, initially filed Aug. 12, 2022) developed by six inventors Chad Smith, Omro, Wisconsin; Nader Nasr, Neenah, Wisconsin; Rachell Harsh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Mike J. Bolton, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Bradon Zeitler, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; and Ryan Crabtree, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for "Prioritized charging of an energy storage system of a military vehicle."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 9 -- An inventor from Medfield, Massachusetts, Scott M. Epstein has been awarded a patent (No. US 12034118 B2, initially filed Feb. 25, 2022) for "Rechargeable energy-storage device including partially-hydrolyzed structural hydrogel."  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced that Sarah Vilms will serve as the organization's vice president of strategic growth initiatives. Vilms is a leading energy policy expert with nearly 30 years of experience advocating for renewable energy and energy storage deployment, permitting, transmission, and land use. At SEIA, Vilms will focus on leveraging feder  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 9 -- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW-CARBON ENERGY, Beijing, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12031677 B2, initially filed July 9, 2021) developed by four inventors Xianming Li, Orefield, Pennsylvania; Anthony Ku, Fremont, California; Jerad Allen Stager, Richmond, California; and Ashwin Ramteke, Santa Clara, California, for "System and method with boil-off management for liquefied gas storage."  more

NORTHBROOK, Illinois, July 10 -- UL Solutions, a company that says it delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: * * * This acquisition enables UL Solutions to help advance the adoption of hydrogen-powered technologies globally. * * * UL Solutions Inc. (NYSE: ULS), a global leader in applied safety science, today announced the acquisition of TesTneT Engineering GmbH, a Ge  more