Xcel Energy Receives Approval from Minnesota’s Public Utility Commission to Offer Microgrids

1.) Xcel Energy receives approval from Minnesota’s Public Utility Commission to offer microgrids and other resiliency projects to large customers requiring high degrees of reliability.

2.) Connecticut regulators adopt performance-based regulation framework for electric distribution utilities

3.) The U.S. Department of Commerce extends May 1 deadline for final ruling in the solar anti-circumvention tariff investigation to August 17.

4.) International Energy Agency reports 2022 EV sales notch new record, of over 10 million vehicles, up 55% over 2021.

5.) Boston Public Schools put its first 20 Blue Bird Vision electric school buses into service, as part of goal to electrify entire 750-bus fleet.

6.) Deutsche Post DHL Group procured 30,000 EVs in 2022, while ordering 12 fully electric cargo planes.

7.) Hyundai and SK On partner to build a $5bn, 35 GWh EV battery plant in Georgia, expected to start production by Q2 2025 and support production of 300,000 EVs.

8.) GM and Samsung SDI join up to build $3 billion U.S. battery cell plant by 2026.

9.) VW Group to build Ontario battery plant that could scale up to 90 GWh by 2030.