North America

554 US solar companies have sent a letter to the US Congress underscoring the impact COVID-19 is having on the solar industry, via industry body, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

Join this live virtual discussion where we bring you the best insights from key utilities around the world who have dealt with or are dealing with the challenge of keeping services operational in an age of social distancing and isolation.

Tesla’s New York Gigafactory is set to re-open, and will start producing ventilators "as soon as humanly possible" to combat the shortage of the life-saving devices in the state.

Although COVID-19 can strengthen the call for resiliency and distributed renewable generation, there are at least five ways that the disease could ruin renewables in the near-term.

The utility announced it had reached a plea agreement with the Butte County District Attorney’s office, saving PG&E executives from prison sentences, but with a $4 million fine imposed.

Investor-owned electric companies, public power utilities, and electric cooperatives in the US are working together to protect the energy grid and ensure continued access to safe and reliable electricity during the COVID-19 global health crisis.

The Montreal Heart Institute announces that its Research Center is launching today a COVID-19 clinical study in Canada to determine whether short-term treatment would reduce the risk of pulmonary complications and related deaths.

Pacific Gas & Electric is donating nearly one million medical masks to California governor Gavin Newsom’s emergency office in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The FERC and the NERC have announced steps to ensure that operators of the bulk electric system can on keeping people safe and the lights on by announcing a relaxing of certain regulations over a limited period.

Power utilities across North America have been responding quickly to the COVID-19 outbreak, with many issuing both internal and external statements expressing support for customers, and suspending service cut-offs to minimise the rapidly-changing effects of the virus.