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Presentation | E-1: Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements for Extreme Weather; E-2: One-Time Reports on Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessments
Items E-1 and E-2 are draft final rules related to the assessment of and planning for extreme weather impacts to the transmission system.
FERC Finalizes Credit Risk Management Rule
FERC today approved a final rule designed to improve credit risk management in the organized wholesale electric power markets.
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FERC Finalizes Plans to Boost Grid Reliability in Extreme Weather Conditions
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
FERC today finalized two rules to help improve reliability of the bulk power system against threats of extreme weather that may cause unacceptable risk to life and economic harm.
Energy Efficiency Measures Cut Carbon Footprint and Save Tribe $450,000 Per Year
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
In this tribal energy snapshot, learn more about the Oneida Indian Nation’s Facility Energy Efficiency project.
Tribal Energy Snapshot: Seminole Tribe of Florida
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
Hybrid Solar-Plus-Battery Storage System Boosts Energy Security in Tribe’s Rural Areas
GAIN Vouchers Awarded to Accelerate Seven Advanced Nuclear Technologies
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative awarded seven vouchers today to industry partners to support the development of several promising advanced nuclear technologies.
DOE Awards Over $6 Million for University Nuclear Energy Infrastructure
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $6.3 million in funding for 18 projects at 15 universities in 14 states.
DOE Awards $56 Million For Nuclear Energy Projects to U.S. Universities and National Laboratories
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $56 million for 68 nuclear energy projects and student innovation awards across the country.
DOE Awards $26 Million to Support Consent-Based Siting for Spent Nuclear Fuel
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $26 million in funding for groups of university, nonprofit, and private-sector partners that will work with communities interested in DOE’s community-centered.
U.S. Department of Energy Issues Notice of Intent to Prepare a High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Environmental Impact Statement
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
U.S. Department of Energy to Acquire High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Material
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking feedback on two draft requests for proposals (RFPs)
HALEU Demonstration Project Preps to Start First Domestic Production in U.S.
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
American Centrifuge Operating (ACO), a subsidiary of Centrus Energy Corp, is moving closer to operating an advanced centrifuge cascade in Piketon, OH to produce the nation’s first amount of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)
Learn How FECM is Engaging Communities, Stakeholders, and Tribes in Clean Energy Technologies
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
If we are to build a clean energy and industrial economy and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, we have to deploy technology and infrastructure on an unprecedented scale.
DOE Announces Over $17 Million for University-Led Projects Supporting Decarbonization and Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
Energy Department Awards $1.2 Million in Funding for Storage Social Equity Initiative
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced it selected four organizations to receive funding under the Energy Storage for Social Equity (ES4SE) Initiative.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $34 Million to Deploy Clean Energy Technologies in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $34 million in funding to advance clean energy technology in 18 American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
MARVEL Microreactor Prototype Preps for Testing
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
An electric-powered prototype of one of the nation’s first microreactors has successfully been installed at a manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania and is gearing up for testing.
DOE Transfers Spent Nuclear Fuel to Dry Storage as Part of Idaho Settlement Agreement
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has successfully transferred all Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage.
DOE Launches New Energy Earthshot to Decarbonize Transportation and Industrial Sectors
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the launch of the Clean Fuels & Products ShotTM, a new initiative that aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products critical to our way of life.
DOE Announces $45 Million for Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage to Reduce Carbon Pollution
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced up to $45.5 million in funding available to advance carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies and help establish the foundation for a successful carbon transport and storage industry in the United States.