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US Electric Power Sector Has Driven Rising Pennsylvania Natural Gas Consumption Since 2013

January 30, 2025 admin clean power, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Pennsylvania, us natural gas

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:50:11 +0000

Natural gas-fired electric power generation has increased in Pennsylvania since 2013 as the state has shifted toward natural gas as its main fuel source for electric power generation. In October 2024, natural gas-fired generation accounted for 57% of the electricity generated in Pennsylvania, more than twice the share in October … [continued]

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PJM, Facing Capacity Shortage as Early as 2026/2027 Delivery Year, Agrees to Lower Auction Price Cap

January 29, 2025 admin Business, capacity markets, Coal, energy infrastructure, energy policy, energy security, ferc, full coverage, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, nerc, news, Pennsylvania, pjm, power, Power Demand, power planning, reliability, Renewables

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:45:39 +0000

PJM Interconnection and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro have settled a lawsuit over PJM’s capacity market pricing, agreeing to lower the grid operator’s auction price cap from over $500/MW-day to $325/MW-day. […]

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Hundreds of New Gas-Fired Power Units Planned as U.S. Gas Output Soars

December 10, 2024 admin Appalachia, California, EIA, haynesville, natural gas, natural gas production, NEW MEXICO, Pennsylvania, permian, power, texas, West Virginia, yes energy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:26:17 +0000

The latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) published Dec. 10 shows five states accounted for more than 70% of record U.S. natural gas production this year and […]

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Next-Gen Batteries, US Government Efficiency Improvement, Marine & Offshore Wind Research — US DOE News

December 8, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, eos energy storage, grid resilience, lithium-ion batteries, marine energy, offshore wind energy, Pennsylvania, policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:37:08 +0000

The US Department of Energy continues to roll out great cleantech news as we approach the end of the year and the end of an epic presidential term for clean energy, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles. I’m going to roll through four stories from the past two days to catch … [continued]

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Tear It Down or Start It Back Up? Plant Owners Weigh Options Around Retired Reactors

November 20, 2024 admin Business, crystal river, data centers, decommissioning, decon, dry cask, duane arnold, Florida, fort greely, fukushima, holtec, Illinois, Iowa, microsoft, Military, news, NRC, Nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, palisades, Pennsylvania, plant vogtle, power, radioactive waste, restart, three mile island, zion nuclear power plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:58:06 +0000

Nuclear power plants are still being dismantled, and the business of decommissioning remains strong, but the need for more baseload power and emissions-free generation has some companies ready to restart idled

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