DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 1 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 24A-0549CP Bounce Bus, LLC IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF BOUNCE BUS, LLC FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO OPERATE AS A COMMON CARRIER BY MOTOR VEHICLE FOR HIRE. a. Filing Date and Party: 12/16/2024 Bounce Bus, LLC Description: Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to o  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom issues executive order to help California capture and store more water from upcoming severe storms SACRAMENTO -- In anticipation of a multi-day, significant atmospheric river in Northern California, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an executive order that would make it easier to divert and store excess water from incoming winter storms. The Governor signed the order a  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 1 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has denied DG West River Solar, LLC's petition for a good cause exemption regarding its 4.99 MW solar project in Augusta. The decision, issued January 31, 2025, means the project will not be eligible for Net Energy Billing (NEB) in Maine unless it achieves commercial operation by December 31, 2024, a deadline the project is now unlikely to meet. Maine law (35-A M.R.S. Sec. 3209-A) requires distributed generation facilities be  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Administration Takes Action to Lower Skyrocketing Utility Bills Protects Ratepayers from Regional Cost Crisis TRENTON - Governor Phil Murphy today applauded the agreement reached between Pennsylvania and PJM Interconnection that will avoid $21 billion in price hikes on consumers across all 14 jurisdictions PJM serves, including New Jersey. For months, PJM, the entity responsible  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 1 -- The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) is seeking public comment on proposed modifications to the Standardized Interconnection Requirements (SIRs) for distributed generation and energy storage systems up to 5 MW. These changes aim to address cost estimation issues that have been raised within the Interconnection Policy Working Group. The Department of Public Service staff filed the proposed modifications on January 10, 2025, under Case 24-E-0621. The prop  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 1 -- The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a notice soliciting public comments on a key study regarding energy storage deployment. The focus of the request is the "Joint Utilities' Study of Non-Market TD Energy Storage Use Cases and Related Process Proposal," filed on October 29, 2024, as part of Case 18-E-0130, concerning the state's Energy Storage Deployment Program. The Joint Utilities, comprised of major New York energy providers including Cent  more