The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) recent “2017 Summer Reliability Assessment” finds that there are enough resources to meet this summer’s projected peak electricity demand in all areas of the country. …read more Source:: TODAY IN ENERGY
Month: June 2017 (page 3)
As coal shipments decline, rail remains dominant mode of coal transport to power sector
The U.S. electric power sector consumed 677 million short tons of coal in 2016, the lowest amount since 1984. Electric power sector coal consumption accounted for more than 93% of all coal consumed in the United States, and more than…
More than half of small-scale photovoltaic generation comes from residential rooftops
Generation from small-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems totaled about 37% of the annual generation from all U.S. solar PV electricity generators in 2016. EIA’s small-scale category includes PV systems that have less than one megawatt (MW) of generating capacity. …read more…
