CenterPoint Energy Collaborates With HomeServe and Rebuilding Together To Provide Goodwill Repairs

CenterPoint Energy Collaborates With HomeServe and Rebuilding Together To Provide Goodwill Repairs

By Subcontractors USA News Provider CenterPoint Energy recently announced the completion of several goodwill repair projects that were performed in collaboration with HomeServe, a nationwide provider of emergency home repair protection programs, and Rebuilding Together, a charitable, non-profit organization helping revitalize neighborhoods. These organizations worked together to identify opportunities to serve the Houston community by…

ExxonMobil and Porsche Test Lower-Carbon Fuel in Race Conditions

ExxonMobil and Porsche Test Lower-Carbon Fuel in Race Conditions

IRVING, Texas / STUTTGART, Germany – ExxonMobil and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels, as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption.  By Subcontractors USA News Provider Esso Renewable Racing Fuel to be tested in Porsche’s high-performance motorsports engines in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2021…

City of Houston News: Additional $6.3 Million in Grants Invested by Houston Harris County Winter Storm Relief Fund in Area Nonprofits To Help Most Vulnerable

City of Houston News: Additional $6.3 Million in Grants Invested by Houston Harris County Winter Storm Relief Fund in Area Nonprofits To Help Most Vulnerable

Grants will support home repairs, emergency financial assistance and unmet needs  By Subcontractors USA News Provider  The Houston Harris County Winter Storm Relief Fund recently announced it is investing an additional $6.3 million in area nonprofits serving the most vulnerable families and individuals. This follows the $1.65 million in emergency grants distributed on March 1….

EPRI CEO: Nuclear Power Is Important for a Decarbonized, Resilient Energy System

EPRI CEO: Nuclear Power Is Important for a Decarbonized, Resilient Energy System

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Electric Power Research Institute President and CEO Dr. Arshad Mansoor this month stressed the importance of nuclear generation to  the resilience of the U.S. electric power system and expressed confidence in the potential for new and emerging nuclear energy technologies to support continued grid decarbonization. In a virtual panel discussion…

Battery Storage Use Up Among Utilities Looking for Reliable, Affordable Power

Battery Storage Use Up Among Utilities Looking for Reliable, Affordable Power

Leading energy storage company explains ‘time is right’ for companies to invest in battery storage By Subcontractors USA News Provider “Affordability is driving this trend,” says Kelcy Pegler, FlexGen CEO. “Battery systems are a 20+-year asset that can deliver reliable, renewable power. We are proud to provide utilities with affordable solutions and help with their…

ExxonMobil NEWS: ExxonMobil Tests Advanced Recycling of Plastic Waste at Baytown Facilities

ExxonMobil NEWS: ExxonMobil Tests Advanced Recycling of Plastic Waste at Baytown Facilities

ExxonMobil has completed the initial phase of a plant trial of a proprietary advanced recycling process for converting plastic waste into raw materials for production of high-value polymers. The trial, at the company’s existing facilities in Baytown, Texas, marks another step in ExxonMobil’s efforts to help reduce plastic waste in the environment and maximize resource…

API’s State of American Energy Report

API’s State of American Energy Report

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent American Petroleum Institute (API) President and CEO Mike Sommers said there’s growing confidence that America’s future will be brighter and cleaner because of today’s natural gas and oil abundance and an adapting, evolving industry. “Today, I’m going to outline a path, a vision, for an affordable,…

CPS Energy News

CPS Energy News

Now Open: CPS Energy’s Northside Customer Service Center at Park North By Subcontractors USA News Provider Recently, CPS Energy’s Northside Customer Service Center relocated to Park North Shopping Center at 754 NW Loop 410, Suite 102, San Antonio, Texas.  Delivering excellent, convenient services and programs for their customers online, over the phone, and in-person is…

Gexa Energy Achieves Ambitious 100% Renewable Energy Goal

Gexa Energy Achieves Ambitious 100% Renewable Energy Goal

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 NEWS

CenterPoint Energy NEWS

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…

Ensuring Your Home Heating Equipment Operates Efficiently All Season

Ensuring Your Home Heating Equipment Operates Efficiently All Season

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…

Direct Energy Puts Customers First and Ramps Up Personalized Energy and Home Services with Expanded Innowatts Partnership

Direct Energy Puts Customers First and Ramps Up Personalized Energy and Home Services with Expanded Innowatts Partnership

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…

National Recycling Strategy and Framework for Advancing the U.S. Recycling System

National Recycling Strategy and Framework for Advancing the U.S. Recycling System

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…

Could Long-Term Blackouts and Outages Become the New Normal?

Could Long-Term Blackouts and Outages Become the New Normal?

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…

CenterPoint Energy Foundation Commits $50,000 to Hurricane Delta Relief

CenterPoint Energy Foundation Commits $50,000 to Hurricane Delta Relief

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…

City of Houston Partners with bp to Advance Climate Action Plan Goals

City of Houston Partners with bp to Advance Climate Action Plan Goals

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…