In a deal with state regulators, environmental groups and business leaders, the utility will spend $11 billion on solar, wind and grid storage investments and retire coal production by 2032, but the plan still is set to rely heavily on natural gas production as a supplemental resource.
Fixed price award for Brownsville, Texas gas export plant first phase follows developer NextDecade's final investment decision and what it says is a record $18.4B financing for three-train facility to produce 17.6M tons annually.
Project is also core to separate lawsuit by 16 plaintiffs, aged five to 22, against Montana for violating state constitution in promoting fossil fuel development
Work is set to resume on 175-MW Yellowstone County project, with Burns & McDonnell as EPC contractor, after new court ruling that followed revised state law banning regulators from weighing greenhouse gas emissions in permit reviews of new energy projects.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as the U.K. Met Office, have introduced climate assessment mapping websites backed by government data sources.