for renters and lower-income customers.
Missouri utilities are studying a potential program that would let customers pay for energy efficiency projects through their monthly bills. Pay As You Save, or PAYS, has been primarily used by rural electric cooperatives, but it has supporters in Missouri and Iowa who think it could be a valuable tool to put energy efficiency upgrades within reach for more customers. A consultant recently analyzed the program’s potential for all three of Missouri’s investor-owned utilities. Continue reading here.
more appealing and challenge utilities to match the offers.
NIPSCO to add 800 MW wind in first steps to coal-free generation, Utility Dive. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) finalized agreements on Friday with three renewables developers for a trio of wind projects capable of generating up to 800 MW, the first steps in its plan to stop delivering coal-fired power. NIPSCO filed an integrated resource plan (IRP) in October that lays out a route to be coal-free by 2028.
Indiana NAACP leaders say coal plant timeline is unacceptable for residents, Midwest Energy News. A northwest Indiana utility made headlines in September when it announced it will retire its last coal plant within a decade. That’s not soon enough for the predominately African American community that bears the brunt of the plant’s pollution burden.
Penn State, one of country’s largest and most prestigious research universities, makes significant investment in solar energy project with global solar leader Lightsource BP.
This entry was posted in NewsBlog and tagged corporate renewable energy buying, green tariffs, Indiana's goal to be coal-free by 2028, Pay As You Save (PAYS), Penn State University, Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), small hydropower on February 7, 2019 by Helen Deffenbacher.