MERRILLVILLE, Indiana, Aug. 15 -- Northern Indiana Public Service Co., a subsidiary of NiSource, issued the following news: * * * NIPSCO Announces Recipients of its 2025 Public Safety Education and Training Action Grant Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC ("NIPSCO") announces that 23 organizations across northern Indiana have been awarded grants from NIPSCO and the NiSource Charitable Foundation to further their public safety initiatives. NIPSCO's Public Safety Education and Training  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 15 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Combining Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress projected to save customers over $1B in future costs * Filed today for approval with state and federal regulators, operating as one utility could save customers even more than the $1 billion in cost savings already achieved since 2012 * If approved, no bill or service changes would occur to retail rates before 2027 due to the com  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 15 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy awards $255,000 in economic development grants to support Florida's competitiveness * 20 economic development organizations receive grants to boost Florida's economy, workforce and business growth * Since 2020, Duke Energy and its Foundation have provided nearly $2 million in grants to organizations in Florida in support of economic development * ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Duke Energy and Duk  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 15 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule for Aug. 18-22, 2025: * * * Monday, August 18, 2025 CAUSE NO.: 46262; ALJ: GORMAN; TIME: 10:00 A.M.; COMMISSIONER: BENNETT; ROOM: PNC, Room 224 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION BY PRAIRIE CREEK WIND FARM II, LLC FOR CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS BY THE COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO ITS JURISDICTION OVER PETITIONER'S ACTIVITIES AS A GENERATOR OF ELECTRIC POWER. * * * Monday, August 18  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Carbon Capture Coalition issued the following news: * * * Coalition Submits Letter to Treasury Urging Preservation of 45Q Beginning of Construction Guidance On August 12, the Carbon Capture Coalition sent a letter to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) requesting it maintain the "beginning of construction" guidance and existing safe harbors relating to the Section 45Q carbon sequestration credit. Taxpayers have long relied on this existing guidance to plan an  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 15 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Combining Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress projected to save customers over $1B in future costs * Filed today for approval with state and federal regulators, operating as one utility could save customers even more than the $1 billion in cost savings already achieved since 2012 * If approved, no bill or service changes would occur to retail rates before 2027 due to the com  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Electric Power Supply Association issued the following news release: * * * Competitive Power Suppliers Welcome New FERC Chairman David Rosner Statement From EPSA President and CEO Todd Snitchler * President and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) Todd Snitchler issued the following statement on President Trump's appointment of David Rosner as the new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). "EPSA congratulates David Rosner on  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 15 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy awards $255,000 in economic development grants to support Florida's competitiveness * 20 economic development organizations receive grants to boost Florida's economy, workforce and business growth * Since 2020, Duke Energy and its Foundation have provided nearly $2 million in grants to organizations in Florida in support of economic development * ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Duke Energy and Duk  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- ENERSYS ENERGY PRODUCTS, Warrensburg, Missouri, won a federal contract award for $10,404,307 from the Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency, Columbus, Ohio, for storage battery. Contract Award Number: SPE7LX25D0068; ueiSAM: ND1VWZCF2NE1; NAICS Code: 335910 ; Product Service Code (PSC): 61; Solicitation Number: SPE7LX25R00240001  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * More efficient approach to shale wells could boost oil output, store emissions * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Oil produced from shale reservoirs drove record crude output in the U.S. over the past decade, but inefficiencies in extraction often leave as much as 90% of the oil behind, according to the federal Energy Information Administration. To help maximize production from the tightly packed  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 15 -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release: * * * Prairie Island nuclear plant advances toward 20 more years of operations Minnesota PUC provides key state approval; federal review process upcoming * MINNEAPOLIS (Aug. 14, 2025) -- Xcel Energy received approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Thursday to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. It's a major step toward continuing to provide reliable  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 13 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI develops chemistry LLM called GAMES for faster drug discovery * August 14, 2025 -- Southwest Research Institute scientists and engineers have developed a custom large language model (LLM) to accelerate drug design and discovery. A multidisciplinary team developed the Generative Approaches for Molecular Encodings (GAMES) LLM to generate Simplified Molecular Input Li  more

PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 14 -- The University of Plymouth issued the following news: * * * 13M Pounds nuclear programme to boost UK energy security through sustainable graphite innovation The University of Plymouth is one of the core partners in the new ENLIGHT initiative By Alan Williams The University of Plymouth is one of the key partners in a new programme that will transform the lifecycle of graphite in nuclear energy - an essential material for the future deployment of nuclear power.   more