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FWFD: Mobile home fire, Wells Street
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FWFD: Mobile home fire, Wells Street
The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 3126 Wells Lot 28 on September 29, 2021, at 6:45 pm.
#3126 Wells Street#City of Fort Wayne Neighborhood Code Enforcement#Fort Wayne Fire Department#Fort Wayne Indiana#FWPD Fort Wayne Police Department#house trailer fire#house trailer fire with deceased pet(s)#Indiana Michigan Power#NIPSCO Northern Indiana Public Service Company#TRAA Three Rivers Ambulance Authority#Wells Street
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Guess who just got his power restored 23 hours after a blizzard!
That’s right; this guy!
#all utilities should be public but nipsco sure doesn't help the reputation of public utilities#nipsco#northern indiana public service company
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Excerpt of article from IndyStar:
But an announcement this week from a northern Indiana utility — in the heart of a state that ranks in the top 10 for both coal production and consumption — suggests the end may be nearer than some expect.
After having already announced plans to speed up the retirement of its coal power plants, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company said this week that it will switch to renewable energy to make its electricity instead.
Why? Because it's cheaper. A lot cheaper, they said, to the tune of more than $4 billion over a few decades. Still, those long-term savings might come with a short-term price. The utility is asking for a raise in its rates to upgrade infrastructure.
Thinking about the future, NIPSCO originally called for the construction of a natural gas plant as part of its 2016 planning process. That plan, however, faced fierce criticism from environmental and advocacy groups as well as customers, which led the utility to look elsewhere.
After putting a call out for proposals, the utility received more than 90 potential projects from 30 different providers. Instead of natural gas, the analysis called for adding roughly 1,150 megawatts of solar and storage, 160 megawatts of wind as well as lowering demand through energy efficiency, education and incentives.
In 2016, the utility said it would retire two of its five remaining coal-fired units by 2023 and the other three by 2035 and beyond. Now, however, NIPSCO's timeline is to retire all four units at its R.M. Schahfer station in Wheatfield by 2023 and the last unit at its Michigan City station no later than 2028.
That means the utility will go from 65 percent coal today to coal-free within 10 years. But that energy to power its more than 460,000 homes and businesses still must come from somewhere: renewable resources.
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FWFD: House fire, Congress Avenue
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FWFD: House fire, Congress Avenue
The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a reported house fire in the 600 block of Congress Avenue at 3:29 pm on September 14, 2021.
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A northern Indiana utility is moving away from coal, and fast.
The Northern Indiana Public Service Company announced Wednesday that it will speed up the retirement of its coal-fired generation by as much as 10 years — planning to retire the majority of its remaining plants in the next five years and the entire fleet within 10.
In its place, NIPSCO is looking to renewable energy sources such as solar and wind coupled with battery storage.
"When considering the cost to serving customers, reliability, among other factors, renewable technologies stand out as the most viable option for customers," company spokesman Nick Meyer told IndyStar.
As part of the planning process for its future electricity supply, NIPSCO conducted an analysis on how best to power people's homes and businesses. The findings: to move away from coal, and faster than planned.
In 2016, the utility said it would retire two of its five remaining coal-fired units by 2023 and the other three by 2035 and beyond. Now, however, NIPSCO's timeline is to retire all four units at its R.M. Schahfer station in Wheatfield by 2023 and the last unit at its Michigan City station no later than 2028.
That same analysis pointed toward a mixture of wind and solar energy to supply the nearly 1,800 megawatts of coal-fired electricity the utility will lose. NIPSCO — which serves about 460,000 electric customers across 32 counties — intends to get some initial wind power up by 2021.
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August 25 Green Energy News
Headline News:
“Amid relaxed coal restrictions, NIPSCO keeps plan to retire plants” • A spokesman for Northern Indiana Public Service Co, the region’s largest supplier of electricity, said the utility does not anticipate altering its plans as a result of the Trump proposal. It plans to retire half of its coal-fired plants by 2030 and improve its environmental impact. [Chicago Tribune]
Coal plant at sunrise (Armando L Sanchez | Chicago Tribune)
“Sweden to reach its 2030 renewables target 12 years early!” • Bloomberg reports that Sweden about to show how fast the deployment of cost-effective renewables is progressing. By the end of this year, Sweden will have added enough capacity to reach its 2030 target of 18 TWh of new renewable energy output 12 years early. [Treehugger]
“Climate Change Impacts Are Already Here” • Nearly $1 billion in property value in Connecticut has vanished due to rising sea levels according to the non-profit First Street Foundation. The organization found that Milford was the hardest hit city or town in the state with $127 million in lost property value between 2005 and 2017. [NBC Connecticut]
“Trump Power: Industry Analysts Say New Rule Will Not Fuel Coal Comeback” • The president thinks his new rules are fueling a “coal comeback.” But industry experts and even the DOE’s own analysts see little evidence that the policy changes will alter the downward course for coal as it faces stiff competition in the energy market. [Ohio Valley ReSource]
“Exxon Seeks Wind, Solar Power Delivery in Texas” • Exxon Mobil Corp, the largest US oil company, has requested proposals for 12, 15, or 20 year contracts for solar or wind power, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg. Exxon, based in Texas, is seeking at least 100 MW and would consider proposals for more than 250 MW. [BloombergQuint]
For more news, please visit geoharvey – Daily News about Energy and Climate Change.
August 25 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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As Coal Fades in the U.S., Natural Gas Becomes the Climate Battleground
Public utilities are closing their coal plants for cleaner, and now cheaper energy. Natural gas emits only half as much carbon pollution as coal, yet renewable energy have little or no emissions. However one challenge with using more solar power and it can be tough to add wind power in the Carolinas, where the terrain is less favorable than the wide-open Midwest and lawmakers have limited the construction of new turbines on mountain ridges and near military bases along the coast. If you were a utility executive, would you (1) join other energy companies who are adding at least 150 new gas plants and thousands of miles of pipelines in the years ahead or (2) shift aggressively to renewable energy and achieve net zero emissions by 2050? Why? What are the ethics underlying your decision?
America’s coal-burning power plants are shutting down at a rapid pace, forcing electric utilities to face the next big climate question: Embrace natural gas, or shift aggressively to renewable energy?
Some large utilities, including Xcel Energy in the Upper Midwest, are now planning to sharply cut their coal and gas use in favor of clean and abundant wind and solar power, which have steadily fallen in cost. But in the Southeast and other regions, natural gas continues to dominate, because of its reliability and low prices driven by the fracking boom. Nationwide, energy companies plan to add at least 150 new gas plants and thousands of miles of pipelines in the years ahead.
A rush to build gas-fired plants, even though they emit only half as much carbon pollution as coal, has the potential to lock in decades of new fossil-fuel use right as scientists say emissions need to fall drastically by midcentury to avert the worst impacts of global warming.
“Gas infrastructure that’s built today is going to be with us for 30 years,” said Daniel Cohan, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University.
“But if you look at scenarios that take climate change seriously, that say we need to get to net zero emissions by 2050,” he said, “that’s not going to be compatible with gas plants that don’t capture their carbon.”
In some states, policymakers are now pushing to leave gas behind to meet ambitious climate goals. Last week, New York lawmakers passed a sweeping energy bill that calls for the state to switch to entirely carbon-free electricity sources by 2040, following states like California and New Mexico that have passed similar laws.
Since 2005, most power companies have lowered their carbon dioxide emissions significantly, in large part by shifting from coal to gas. Coal plants have become uncompetitive with other kinds of energy generation in much of the country, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to save them by rolling back federal pollution regulations.
But in a recent analysis, David Pomerantz, the executive director of the Energy and Policy Institute, a pro-renewables group, looked at the long-term plans of the 22 biggest investor-owned utilities. Some in the Midwest are planning to speed up the rate at which they cut emissions between now and 2030. But other large utilities, like Duke Energy and American Electric Power, expect to reduce their carbon emissions at a slower pace over the next decade than they had over the previous decade.
“I really think gas is at the crux of it,” Mr. Pomerantz said. “You’ve got some utilities looking at gas and saying, ‘No thanks, we think there’s a cleaner and cheaper path.’ But then you’ve got others going all-in on gas.”
Where Natural Gas Plants Are Expanding
Last fall, in North and South Carolina, a pair of utilities owned by Duke Energy filed plans with state regulators to continue retiring coal plants and largely replace them with more than 9,500 megawatts of new natural gas capacity by 2033. The utilities also plan to add a smaller amount of solar capacity, about 3,600 megawatts, over the same time frame.
“Right now, gas is still the most cost-effective option for us,” said Kenneth Jennings, Duke’s director of renewable strategy and policy.
One challenge with using more solar power, he noted, is finding a way to supply electricity when the sun isn’t shining. Although Duke is installing some large lithium-ion batteries to store solar energy for less-sunny hours, the company says batteries still haven’t reached the point where they’re as cheap or effective as gas power, which can run at all hours.
Mr. Jennings also said that it can be tough to add wind power in the Carolinas, where the terrain is less favorable than the wide-open Midwest and lawmakers have limited the construction of new turbines on mountain ridges and near military bases along the coast.
Opponents of Duke’s plans, including environmental groups and local renewable energy producers, have urged state regulators to push the utility to reconsider. They have sharply disputed Duke’s analysis, arguing that the utility is downplaying the potential for solar, wind and batteries.
A similar fight is unfolding in Florida, where the local Sierra Club is challenging a proposal by Tampa Electric to replace two older coal units with a large new natural gas plant. The Sierra Club’s pitch to the governor, who still has to approve the plan: Florida can’t afford to deepen its reliance on gas at a time when climate change and sea level rise are threatening the state’s coast.
For Tampa Electric, the choice is complex. The utility plans to get 7 percent of its power from solar by 2021, but says that until storage technologies improve, gas will form the backbone of its energy mix as it tries to meet energy needs in a fast-growing part of the state.
These disputes are popping up in states around the country. Over the last decade, groups like the Sierra Club have tried to persuade utilities and regulators that they could save money by retiring coal and shifting to a cleaner mix of gas and renewables. Now they’re running the same playbook against gas, arguing that the costs of wind, solar and batteries have declined so drastically that it’s time to stop building new gas plants, too.
So far, results have been mixed: Regulators in Arizona and Indianahave recently blocked plans for new gas plants, agreeing with opponents that utilities hadn’t fully considered alternatives and that large new gas projects could be a risky bet at a time when clean energy technology is improving fast.
But last year in Michigan, regulators approved DTE Energy’s plan to build a new $1 billion gas plant, rejecting analyses by outside groups that the utility could save ratepayers money by scrapping the plant and making greater use of wind, solar and energy efficiency.
Where Renewables Are Gaining
At the same time, some utilities are discovering on their own that it can make financial sense to take a more ambitious leap toward renewable energy.
Last year in Indiana, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, or Nipsco, opened bidding to outside energy developers and found that adding a mix of wind, solar and batteries would be cheaper than building a new gas plant to replace its retiring coal units. (The company will keep its older gas plants online to fill in gaps when wind and solar aren’t available.) Doing so, the utility estimated, would reduce its emissions 90 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.
“We were surprised by that,” said Joe Hamrock, the chief executive of the company that owns the Nipsco. “Renewables in our particular situation were far more competitive than we realized.”
Mr. Hamrock noted that his utility had advantages that others might not have: Its territory sits near land that’s ripe for wind development, making it easier to build new turbines close by without the need for lots of costly new transmission lines. “The answer we got might look very different for someone just 100 miles away,” he said.
Indeed, things look very different nearby in the vast regional grid known as PJM that serves 65 million people from Ohio to New Jersey. There power plants compete in a largely deregulated market and companies are expected to build over 10,000 megawatts of new gas plants by 2024 to take advantage of cheap natural gas from the nearby fracking boom in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
“The shale gas revolution has, frankly, caused a delay in the growth of renewables here,” said Stu Bresler, senior vice president for operations and markets at PJM Interconnection, which oversees the system. Wind and solar make up less than 6 percent of the region’s generating capacity, well below the national average.
Decisions From the States
State legislatures are also increasingly weighing in on which energy sources get built. To date, 29 states have enacted laws that require their utilities to get a certain fraction of their power from wind and solar.
Now, some states are going further. Over the past year, California, Colorado, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Washington have all passed laws aimed at getting 100 percent of their electricity from carbon-free sources by midcentury, which would eventually mean phasing out conventional gas plants.
Yet even utilities that are already shifting more heavily into renewables say that it will be challenging to get rid of gas altogether.
Last year, Xcel Energy, which serves eight states including Colorado and Minnesota, said it would shut down all its remaining coal plants in the years ahead and push to go completely carbon-free by 2050, saying that renewable energy, helped in part by federal subsidies, had fallen so much in price that this was now the cheapest option.
While the utility thinks it can get 80 percent of the way to its emissions goals by 2030 with a mix of wind, solar, batteries and its existing nuclear plants, it will still rely on natural gas to provide the rest of its power and is building a new gas plant in Minnesota to balance out its supply.
Ben Fowke, the chief executive of Xcel, said that getting to 100 percent carbon-free power will likely require new technology that can supplant natural gas as a cost-effective backup fuel. Some possibilities include burning clean hydrogen instead of gas in power plants, developing techniques that enable carbon produced by gas plants to be captured and stored underground, advanced nuclear power or the invention of new energy storage techniques.
Perfecting that technology would likely require big new investments in research and support from policymakers, he said. “But I’m convinced we can get there.”
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NIPSCO v. Northern Indiana Public Service Company Appellee (Petitioner).
(IN Supreme Court) - Supreme Court Case No. 18S-EX-334
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NIPSCO’s contracted tree trimmer is in Chesterton – Chesterton Tribune
NIPSCO’s contracted tree trimmer is in Chesterton
Chesterton Tribune
Street Commissioner John Schnadenberg told the Chesterton Tribune today that Asplundh’s been at work for the last couple of weeks, on contract to the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, cutting back the trees which have grown into the overhead …
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FWFD: Apartment Fires, Hobson Road
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FWFD: Apartment Fires, Hobson Road
The Fort Wayne Fire Department was dispatched to a reported apartment building fire in the area of Lake Avenue and Hobson Road on September 15, 2021, at 7:00 pm.
#Allen County Building Department#City of Fort Wayne Neighborhood Code Enforcement#Fort Wayne Indiana#FWFD 705 Fire Alarm#FWFD Fort Wayne Fire Department#FWPD Fort Wayne Police Department#Hobson Road#Indiana Michigan Power#Lake Avenue#NIPSCO Northern Indiana Public Service Company#TRAA Three Rivers Ambulance Authority
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FWFD: House Fire, West Dewald Street
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FWFD: House Fire, West Dewald Street
The Fort Wayne Fire Department was dispatched to a possible house fire in the 400 block of Dewald Street at 6:15 am.
#402 West Dewald Street#City of Fort Wayne Neighborhood Code Enforcement#Dewald Street#Fort Wayne Indiana#FWFD Fort Wayne Fire Department#FWPD Fort Wayne Police Department#house fire#Indiana Michigan Power#NIPSCO Northern Indiana Public Service Company#TRAA Three Rivers Ambulance Authority
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FWFD: Dollar General fire, St. Joe Center Road
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FWFD: Dollar General fire, St. Joe Center Road
The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a reported fire in the Dollar General at 3201 St. Joe Center Road on September 23, 2021, at 12:40 pm.
#3201 St. Joe Center Road#ACDH Allen County Department of Health#Allen County Building Department#business fire#City of Fort Wayne Neighborhood Code Enforcement#Dollar General#Fort Wayne City Utilities#Fort Wayne Indiana#FWPD Fort Wayne Police Department#Indiana Michigan Power#NIPSCO Northern Indiana Public Service Company#St. Joe Center Road#TRAA Three Rivers Ambulance Authority
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FWFD: House fire, Ridgeway Drive
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FWFD: House fire, Ridgeway Drive
On September 24, 2021, at 7:02 pm, the Fort Wayne Fire Department was dispatched to a possible house fire in the 2900 block of Ridgeway Drive.
#2900 Ridgeway Drive#City of Fort Wayne Neighborhood Code Enforcement#Fort Wayne Indiana#FWFD Fort Wayne Fire Department#FWPD Fort Wayne Police Department#house fire#Indiana Michigan Power#NIPSCO Northern Indiana Public Service Company#Ridgeway Drive
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FWFD: Garage fire, Cherbourg Drive
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FWFD: Garage fire, Cherbourg Drive
The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a garage fire in the 6900 block of Cherbourg Drive at 2:20 pm.
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FWFD: Garage fire, Till Road
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FWFD: Garage fire, Till Road
The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a detached garage fire on August 8, 2021, at 12:27 pm, in the 1900 block of West Till Road.
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