A leading retail electricity provider continues to help customers “go green” at no additional cost. By Subcontractors USA News Provider Gexa Energy, a leading Texas retail electricity provider, announced recently that it has reached its goal of shifting all residential plans to 100% renewable energy and providing every residential customer with green power at no…
CenterPoint Energy Announces Outlook Revision To Stable by Moody’s By Subcontractors USA News Provider CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP), recently announced that Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) changed the company’s rating outlook from Negative to Stable and affirmed the company’s Baa2 senior unsecured rating and Prime–2 short–term rating for commercial paper. “Moody’s revision is an important…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Want a snafu-free season of home heating? Better installation and quality service mean a longer life for your heating and cooling equipment, as well as increased energy efficiency and reduced energy bills. Not only that, regular service checks may actually detect problems before you notice them, and catching them in…
Smart meter insights and AI analytics help energy retailer offer customized plans and products By Subcontractors USA News Provider Direct Energy®, one of North America’s largest providers of energy and energy-related services, is expanding services to its residential customers via a deepened partnership with Innowatts, the leading AI-enabled SaaS platform for global energy providers. Through…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider The draft National Recycling Strategy identifies strategic objectives and actions needed to create a stronger, more resilient, and cost-effective U.S. municipal solid waste recycling system. Recycling has been a critical component of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decades-long efforts to implement the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and its…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider While you may take electricity for granted in today’s world, you might not in the future — that is, if current trends continue. As a new report highlights, the U.S. electrical workforce is aging out and not being sufficiently replaced — a trend which could have potentially devastating and far-reaching…
By Subcontractors USA News Provider CenterPoint Energy recently announced that through its charitable foundation the company has committed $50,000 to nonprofit organizations leading Hurricane Delta relief and recovery efforts in Louisiana. CenterPoint Energy’s $50,000 commitment will include contributions to the following organizations that are focused on relief and recovery efforts in Louisiana: American Red Cross…
Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City of Houston’s Office of Sustainability today announced a new partnership with bp that will help advance major goals in the City’s recently launched Houston Climate Action Plan (CAP). Visit www.greenhoustontx.gov for more information on the CAP. Under the agreement, bp will serve as the City’s strategic planning and technical partner on…
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced today that the City of Houston has committed to purchasing 100% renewable energy through a renewed partnership with NRG Energy as the City’s retail electric provider. As part of the contract renewal, the City will power all municipal operations with renewable energy and realize $65 million in savings over the seven-year…
To help small businesses, Entergy Texas has created a hub of resources to connect owners to information, tools and opportunities that could help during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Small businesses are the backbone of the communities we serve,” said Steve Pilgrim, director of business and economic development for Entergy Texas. “During these challenging times, we hope…
In an effort to help working families experiencing financial hardships as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Entergy Charitable Foundation has established the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. “The health and safety of our customers, employees and communities is Entergy’s top priority,” said Leo Denault, chairman and CEO of Entergy Corporation. “For more than 100…
Projections that the global middle class will increase by 1.7 billion people over the next two decades means a lot more energy will be needed in the years ahead to move planes, trains and automobiles. Specifically, the energy demand of global transport, which includes deliveries of goods and services, should increase by about 25% by…
In 2017, the world used 562 quadrillion BTUs of energy in the form of oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear and renewables. But most of us don’t understand how this statistic is reflected in what we do each day. That staggering number – 562,000,000,000,000,000 – represents the countless decisions made by the individuals, companies and communities…
Greater Houston Partnership 2020 Board Chair Bobby Tudor outlined how the organization will work to ensure Houston plays a key role in the global energy transition at the Partnership’s annual meeting on January 22. Maintaining Houston’s place as the Energy Capital of the World requires that the region’s business and civic leaders address the dual…
Agreement to optimize carbonate fuel cell technology for large-scale carbon capture ExxonMobil exploring opportunities to deploy technology within its operations The agreement, worth up to $60 million, will focus efforts on optimizing the core technology, overall process integration and large-scale deployment of carbon capture solutions. ExxonMobil is exploring options to conduct a pilot test of…
Melinda Zito O’Brien, Founder and Owner of Energy Utility Group, started working in the energy sector after seeing a new opportunity emerge as energy became deregulated in the U.S. And now she’s on a mission to help fellow Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) reduce their energy costs while incorporating sustainability into their operations. Join us as…
Houston’s business climate and energy-rich workforce base has long supported its position as The Energy Capital of the World. Both were major discussion topics at the Partnership’s annual State of Energy event on Oct. 9. Mike Wirth, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Chevron, headlined the event by participating in a fireside chat with Bobby Tudor, chairman of…
Access to reliable, affordable energy has completely transformed how people live, communicate, travel, conduct business, build infrastructure and so much more. And in the coming decades, even more people will need access to the transformative power of energy. ExxonMobil’s 2019 Outlook for Energy serves as the company’s latest analysis on how the world will use…
Beaumont, Texas, is home to one of the country’s most sophisticated industrial operations, supporting thousands of jobs and creating new products every day. And with ExxonMobil’s latest expansion of a new high-performance polyethylene line, the Beaumont story continues to grow. ExxonMobil’s polyethylene plant in Beaumont will increase production capacity by 65 percent, or 650,000 tons, per…
The number of world-changing ideas out there is staggering. Corralling the ones that can spark new forms of energy is equally challenging. That’s why ExxonMobil created a new technology-scouting initiative to scour the world for energy startups and innovators. The Technology Scouting and Venturing Group is connecting the company’s researchers with new technologies that could…
