Natural Gas-Fired

Oregon utility Portland General Electric Co. (PGE) is embracing a move by the state that effectively bans any new or repowered fossil fuel electric generation plants, including those powered by natural gas.  During a recent 2Q2021 earnings conference call, CEO Maria Pope said the energy transition to electrification and increased power demand fits nicely with…

In a move to lower its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Michigan public utility Consumers Energy announced it would purchase four natural gas-fired power plants as it aims to transition away from coal by 2025.  Pending state and federal regulatory approvals, Consumers Energy has proposed purchasing the 1,176 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle Covert Generating Station…

Natural gas-fired power plants only cause 2.3% of Ontario carbon emissions, but eliminating them would inflict at least a C$60 billion ($48 billion) bill on consumers, according to the Canadian province’s electricity suppliers. The Ontario Energy Association (OEA), a utilities and contractors group, totaled the costs of environmental demands for swift and total greenhouse gas…

Investment firm 8 Rivers Capital LLC has unveiled plans to build what could be the first pair of net-zero natural gas-fired power plants in the world. One facility would be in Decatur, IL, with a second on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado. Each would generate 280 MW. The announcements follow plans by utilities,…

Avista Corp.’s four-state utility operations will rely more on natural gas peaking plants over the next five years in the absence of long-term energy storage, the Spokane, WA-based operator said in updated integrated resource plans (IRP). With forecasts for higher retail and residential per-customer demand versus the 2020 IRP, Avista Utilities said it would return…

Renewables will account for a substantial majority of the new U.S. utility-scale electric generating capacity planned to start commercial operation this year, with natural gas coming in a distant third behind solar and wind, according to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Developers and power plant owners plan to add 6.6 GW of natural…

Nevada Climate Initiative (NCI) has begun work on the structure for its plan for a statewide climate action to create a more resilient, healthy and sustainable future. The state released its State Climate Strategy earlier this month, which is an integrated, economy-wide roadmap for Nevada. The strategy should help speed up the process of the…

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador denied Thursday that Spain’s Iberdrola SA is pulling out of its planned $1.2 billion natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant in the port city of Tuxpan. “There is no official information. It’s a journalistic story,” López Obrador said during his daily press conference.  On Wednesday, Tuxpan Mayor Juan Antonio Aguilar, told…

Alliant Energy Corp. has turned its state-of-the-art natural gas-fired Marshalltown Generating Station in Iowa into a model for environmental and economic development success.