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    Duke Energy Awards More than $253,000 in Environmental Grants to Support Projects in Greater Cincinnati Image

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    10-25-19

    Duke Energy Awards More than $253,000 in Environmental Grants to Support Projects in Greater Cincinnati

    Duke Energy today awarded $253,178 to support 16 projects to aid wetlands, conservation, outdoor nature classrooms, invasive plant removals, water quality, new tree plantings and pollinator gardens across Greater Cincinnati.

    The grants, which the company announced during a ceremony at the ...

    Chevron Sets New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals Image

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    10-25-19

    Chevron Sets New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

    Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) has established new goals to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity from upstream oil and natural gas. Emission intensity is the emission rate of greenhouse gas per unit of energy produced. The company intends to lower upstream oil net GHG emission inte...

    Duke Energy Carolinas Partners With Anderson County, S.C., on Major Battery Storage Project Image

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    10-22-19

    Duke Energy Carolinas Partners With Anderson County, S.C., on Major Battery Storage Project

    Duke Energy Carolinas is partnering with Anderson County, S.C., to build an energy storage project at the Anderson Civic Center that will be part of the company’s long-term strategy to integrate battery technology into the smart-thinking grid it is building in the Carolinas.

    The battery pr...

    Duke Energy Linemen to Compete at International Competition Image

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    10-22-19

    Duke Energy Linemen to Compete at International Competition

    Seventy-seven Duke Energy linemen from North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky will compete in the International Lineman's Rodeo on Oct. 19 in Bonner Springs, Kan. 

    Now in its 35th year, the rodeo at...

    National Grid Unveils New England’s Largest Battery Storage Facility, Back-up Energy Supply for Nantucket Image

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    10-09-19

    National Grid Unveils New England’s Largest Battery Storage Facility, Back-up Energy Supply for Nantucket

    National Grid today unveiled one of the largest battery energy storage resources in the Northeast United States. Built on the island of Nantucket, in Massachusetts, the facility will ensure electric reliability for customers during peak summer months and defer the need for construction of an addi...

    National Grid Files First-of-its-Kind Clean Energy Proposal Image

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    10-07-19

    National Grid Files First-of-its-Kind Clean Energy Proposal

     National Grid has submitted a first-of-its-kind proposal to enhance its upstate New York Community Distributed Generation Program that, if approved by state regulators, would expand access to clean energy t...

    Companies Must Act Now to Achieve a 1.5°C World Image

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    10-07-19

    Companies Must Act Now to Achieve a 1.5°C World

    87 companies valued at around USD 2.3 trillion are now part of the UN Global Compact’s campaign on Business Ambition for 1.5°C - Our Only Future. They have committed to se...

    National Grid Seeks Minimum of 10 Megawatts of Energy Storage Image

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    10-04-19

    National Grid Seeks Minimum of 10 Megawatts of Energy Storage

    To further its commitment to clean energy and electricity reliability for upstate New York customers, National Grid has opened a competit...

    National Grid Statement on the Transportation Climate Initiative’s Framework for a Draft Regional Policy Proposal Image

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    10-04-19

    National Grid Statement on the Transportation Climate Initiative’s Framework for a Draft Regional Policy Proposal

    “National Grid is committed to achieving deep decarbonization across the Northeast. The transportation sector, which is currently the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is poised for meaningful and necessary reductions. As outlined in our 

    National Grid Leads Nation on Energy Efficiency Image

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    10-02-19

    National Grid Leads Nation on Energy Efficiency

    Today, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released its 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, and National Grid’s  service area in three states — M.A., R.I., and N.Y.— all ranked among the top five states in energy efficiency.  Massachusetts ranked number one for the ni...

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