Gas appliances suffer setback in Washington state
A federal court ruling in Seattle will make it more expensive for builders who prefer to install or support natural gas appliances, critics say.
A federal court ruling in Seattle will make it more expensive for builders who prefer to install or support natural gas appliances, critics say.
The tariff spat may signal the Trump administration’s willingness to pursue “muscular interventions” to reopen coal-fired power plants, ClearView Energy Partners said.
Winter discounts and technology-specific electric rates can help homeowners save money with heat pumps, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy said.
We will need all available transmission tools — including grid-enhancing technologies and high-performance conductors — to meet the growing demand for power from data centers.
“There is simply no physical way that wind, solar and batteries could replace the myriad uses of natural gas,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at S&P Global’s CERAWeek.
The lawsuit asks the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to order the funds be unfrozen and disbursed.
The companies aim to produce a module made with polysilicon, wafers and cells manufactured in the U.S.
The combined venture will manage more than 3 GW of capacity across 16 states and is poised for additional organic and acquisition-driven growth, the companies said.
The Canadian province on Monday adopted a US$7/MWh fee on exports to Michigan, Minnesota and New York, which it expects will generate about $243,000 a day in U.S. dollars.
Artificially deflating PJM’s capacity prices by lowering the price cap does nothing to fix the grid operator’s power-supply problems and could lead to blackouts.
Electricity demand associated with artificial intelligence and data center development mean “the need for transformers has surged beyond initial projections,” Hitachi Energy said.