Electricity News 2022
November 2022 News Story Index
- BC Hydro rebate and B.C. Affordability Credit coming as David Eby sworn in as premier
- OEB issues decision on Hydro One's first combined T&D rates application
- Nova Scotia Premier calls on regulators to reject 14% electricity rate hike agreement
- Feds "changing goalposts" with 2035 net-zero electricity grid target: Sask. premier
- Canada set to hit 5 GW milestone
- Reversing the charge - Battery power from evs to the grid could open a fast lane
- Energy Security Support to Ukraine
- US: In 2021, Plug-Ins Traveled 19 Billion Miles On Electricity
- $550 Million in Clean Energy Funding to Benefit More than 250 Million Americans
- Ireland and France will connect their electricity grids - here's how
- Project examines potential for Europe's power grid to increase HVDC Technology
- Energy prices trigger EU inflation, poor worst hit
- UK Emergency energy plan not going ahead
- Ontario Teachers Pension Plan agrees to acquire a 25% stake in SSEN Transmission
October 2022 News Story Index
- U.S. Launches $250 Million Program To Strengthen Energy Security For Rural Communities
- U.S. Announces $28 Million To Advance And Deploy Hydropower Technology
- Duke Energy Florida's smart-thinking grid improves response, power restoration for customers during Hurricane Ian
- BLM Announces Completion of Crimson Energy Storage Project
- Are Net-Zero Energy Buildings Really Coming Soon to Mass?
- Germany extends nuclear power amid energy crisis
- Electricity is civilization": Winter looms over Ukraine battlefront
- BMW boss says hydrogen, not electric, will be "hippest thing" to drive
- BOE Says UK Energy Price Guarantee is Key for Next Rates Call
- UK homes can become virtual power plants to avoid outages
- Drought, lack of rain means BC Hydro must adapt power generation
- Clean-energy generation powers economy, environment
- Told "no" 37 times, this Indigenous-owned company brought electricity to James Bay anyway
- Ontario will not renew electricity deal with Quebec
- Electricity rates are about to change across Ontario
- The American EV boom is about to begin. Does the US have the power to charge it?
- Solar Is Now 33% Cheaper Than Gas Power in US, Guggenheim Says
- In 2021, 40% Of The Electricity Produced In The United States Was Derived From Non-Fossil Fuel Sources
- US Electricity Prices Rise Most in 41 Years as Inflation Endures
- Purdue: As Ransomware Attacks Increase, New Algorithm May Help Prevent Power Blackouts
- Energy crisis: EU outlines possible gas price cap strategies
- UK families living close to nuclear power stations could get free electricity
- UK price cap on household energy bills expected to cost 89bn
- Germany agrees 200 bln euro package to shield against surging energy prices
- Nord Stream: Norway and Denmark tighten energy infrastructure security after gas pipeline 'attack'
- Ontario confronts reality of being short of electricity in the coming years
- Canada expected to miss its 2035 clean electricity goals
- Why Canada's Energy Security Hinges on Renewables
- Ontario Supports Plan to Safely Continue Operating the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
- Ontario to Provide New and Expanded Energy-Efficiency Programs
September 2022 News Story Index
- Gov. Greg Abbott touts Texas power grid's readiness heading into fall, election season
- California avoids widespread rolling blackouts as heat strains power grid
- California Skirts Blackouts With Heat Wave to Test Grid Again
- How waves could power a clean energy future
- Record numbers of solar panels were shipped in the United States during 2021
- How Electricity Gets Priced in Europe and How That May Change
- Britain Prepares for High Winter Heating and Electricity Costs
- Macron: France, Germany to provide each other with gas, electricity, to weather crisis
- Germany turns to coal for a third of its electricity
- Germany's Energy Crisis Deepens as Local Utilities Cry for Help
- Vancouver seaplane airline completes first point-to-point flight with prototype electric aircraft
- Overturning statewide vote, Maine court energizes Hydro-Quebec's bid to export power
- Quebec and other provinces heading toward electricity shortage: report
- Is Ontario embracing clean power?
- Ontario energy minister asks for early report exploring a halt to natural gas power generation
August 2022 News Story Index
- Germany considers U-turn on nuclear phaseout
- Germany gets solar power boost amid energy crisis
- Norway Considers Curbing Electricity Exports to Avoid Shortages
- European Power Hits Records as Plants Start to Buckle in Heat
- California scorns fossil fuel but can't keep the lights on without it
- Why the Texas grid causes the High Plains to turn off its wind turbines
- Electric cars don't need better batteries. America needs better charging networks
- More Electricity From Wind & Solar Than Nuclear For 1st Time In USA
- 25.5% Of US Electricity Coming From Renewable Energy
- Pickering nuclear station is closing as planned, despite calls for refurbishment
- NDP takes aim at approval of SaskPower 8 per cent rate hike
- N.W.T. will encourage more residents to drive electric vehicles
- Zero-emissions electricity by 2035 is possible
- Gravity power holds major promise for the decarbonization of electricity grids
- Electricity users in Newfoundland have started paying for Muskrat Falls
July 2022 News Story Index
- Europe's Worst Energy Nightmare Is Becoming Reality
- German official says nuclear would do little to solve gas issue
- Germany - A needed nuclear option for climate change
- Britain's energy security bill set to become law
- "Remarkable" New Contract Award Adds 10 GW of Renewables to UK Grid
- Irving Oil invests in electrolyzer to produce hydrogen from water
- Alberta renewable energy surge could power 4,500 jobs
- Alberta's electricity rebate program extended until December
- Peak Power Receives $765,000 From Canadian Government to Deploy 117 V1G EV Chargers
- Environmentalist calls for reduction in biomass use to generate electricity
- Prepare for blackouts across the U.S. as summer takes hold
- U.S. power companies face supply-chain crisis this summer
- US Crosses the Electric-Car Tipping Point for Mass Adoption
- US renewable energy hit record 28% in April.
- Severe heat: 5 electricity blackout risks facing the entire U.S., not just Texas
June 2022 News Story Index
- "Knowledge Gap" Is Contributing To On-the-job Electrical Injuries
- Why an energy crisis and $5 gas aren't spurring a green revolution
- Four effective ways to meet US decarbonization goals
- US Army deploys its first floating solar array
- Energy experts: US electric grid not designed to withstand the impacts of climate change
- EIA expects solar and wind to be larger sources of U.S. electricity generation this summer
- Will the next wave of Ontario's electric vehicles run on clean power?
- Britons could save on soaring bills as ministers plan to end link between gas and electricity prices
- Olympus to Use 100% Renewable Electricity
- Can food waste be turned into green hydrogen to produce electricity?
- Sustainable Marine now delivering electricity to Nova Scotia grid from tidal energy
- Offshore chargepoint will power vessels with wind turbine electricity
- Brazil tax strategy to bring down fuel, electricity prices seen having limited effects
- Ireland announces package of measures to secure electricity supplies
- Zero-emission electricity in Canada by 2035 is practical and profitable
- How to retrofit a condo with chargers for a world of electric cars
May 2022 News Story Index
- Manchin Calls For Stronger U.S. Canada Energy And Mineral Partnership
- High-rise headaches: EV charging in Canada's condos, apartments and MURBs a mixed experience
- British Columbians can access more in EV charger rebates
- Ontario Ministry of Energy proposes growing hydrogen economy through reduced electricity rates
- Clean, affordable electricity should be an issue in the Ontario election
- Renewable electricity powered California just shy of 100% for the first time in history
- Is residential solar worth it?
- Aging U.S. power grid threatens progress on renewables, EVs
- Improve US national security, step away from fossil fuels
- 4 European nations to build North Sea wind farms
- Investing in a new energy economy for Montana
- Paying for electricity in India: Power theft can't be business as usual
- EU outlines $300 billion plan to dump Russian energy
- China To Generate Electricity From Compressed Air
- New Kind of 'Solar' Cell Shows We Can Generate Electricity Even at Night
April 2022 News Story Index
- Electricity prices in Germany nearly doubled in a year
- Rolls-Royce expecting UK approval for mini nuclear reactor by mid-2024
- New investment opportunities open up as Lithuania seeks energy independence
- Italy : Enel Green Power and Sapio sign an agreement to supply green hydrogen produced by NextHy in Sicily
- EV shortages, wait times amid high gasoline prices
- All-electric home sports big windows, small footprint
- Enabling storage in Ontario's electricity system
- Mexican president's contentious electricity overhaul defeated in Congress
- ATCO Electric agrees to $31 million penalty following regulator's investigation
- Hydro One crews restore power to more than 277,000 customers following damaging storms in Ontario
- City officials take clean energy message to Georgia Power, PSC
- As peak wildfire season nears, SDG&E completes work on microgrid in Ramona
- When We Lean Into Clean Energy, Rural America Thrives
- OPG, TVA Partner on New Nuclear Technology Development
- On the road to 100 per cent renewables
March 2022 News Story Index
- Europe to Weigh Emergency Measures to Limit Electricity Prices
- How Ukraine Unplugged from Russia and Joined Europe's Power Grid with Unprecedented Speed
- Why rolling back European electricity prices is tougher than appears
- Centrica acquires battery storage project that could "unlock North Sea wind energy potential"
- Hydro-Quebec adopts a corporate structure designed to optimize the energy transition
- BC Hydro completes major milestone on Site C transmission line work
- Ontario utilities team up to warn customers about ongoing scams
- San Diego Gas & Electric Orders Mitsubishi Power Emerald Storage Solution
- DOE Awards $32 Million to Accelerate Next-Generation Building Upgrades
- DOE Issues Two LNG Export Authorizations
- DOE Announces $5 Million to Launch Lithium-Battery Workforce Initiative
- Hitachi Energy to accelerate sustainable mobility in Germany's biggest city
- Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy complete largest wind project constructed in North America
- BC Hydro electric vehicle fast charging site operational in Lillooet
- Hydro One Networks Inc. - Ivy, ONroute and Canadian Tire make it easy to charge your next road trip
February 2022 News Story Index
- Europe's Renewables Are Crowding Out Gas as Coal Phase-Out Slows
- Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Really Needs Energy
- Putting Africa on the path to universal electricity access
- Electricity bills on the rise in Calgary after
- California electricity pricing changes pose an existential threat to residential rooftop solar
- UK windfarms generate record amount of electricity during Storm Malik
- BC Hydro: 2021 was a record-breaking year for electricity demand
- Nevada on track to reach RPS mandate of 50% renewable electricity by 2030: report
- Quebec shatters record for electricity consumption once again
- New England Is Burning the Most Oil for Electricity Since 2018
- Nova Scotia Power delays start of controversial new charge for solar customers
- Ontario Businesses To See Full Impact of 2021 Electricity Rate Reductions
- There's a Russia-Sized Mystery in China's Electricity Sector
- U.S. Electricity and natural gas prices explained
- Almost 500-mile-long lightning bolt crossed three US states
January 2022 News Story Index
- Solar PV and wind power in the US continue to grow amid favourable government plans
- Electricity Prices Surge to Record as Europe Struggles to Keep Lights on
- Jolting the brain's circuits with electricity is moving from radical to almost mainstream therapy
- Ottawa making electricity more expensive for Albertans
- Net-zero roadmap can cut electricity costs by a third in Germany - Wartsila
- Electricity Regulation With Equity & Justice For All
- Opinion: UK Natural Gas, Rising Prices and Electricity
- B.C. electricity demand hits an all-time high
- TVA faces federal scrutiny over climate goals, electricity rates
- 'Transformative change': Wind-generated electricity starting to outpace coal in Alberta
- 3 ways 2021 changed electricity - What's Next
- Ontario Sets Electricity Rates at Off-Peak Price until February 7
- Surging electricity demand is putting power systems under strain around the world
- Shell says electricity to meet 60 percent of China's energy use by 2060
- Canada will need more electricity to hit net-zero: IEA report
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