Utility Business

Methods, processes and operations of power delivery and energy business along with response to regulations and policy

Highlights

Duke Energy Corp.
Utility Business

Duke Energy Promotes Customer Experience Leader to President

March 15, 2024
The utility also has shuffled some other executives’ roles as 44-year company veteran Steve Young prepares to retire.
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Utility Business

Millions of Californians Getting up to $170 ‘Climate Credit’ on April Utility Bills

March 12, 2024
The amount of payment does vary from utility to utility.
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Utility Business

CenterPoint Energy Seeks Cost Recovery for Power Grid Safety, Reliability Upgrades

March 11, 2024
The request is estimated to result in an average increase of less than 1% of a customer's total bill.
Utility Business

Solutions Are Within Reach for Utility's Complex Challenges

March 8, 2024
The solution-oriented mindset of engineers and construction professionals in the face of obstacles gives me confidence in our ability to facilitate the monumental changes underway...
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Transmission Reliability

EIA Power Plant Retirements to Slow Down in 2024 — By Quite a Lot

Feb. 20, 2024
Most of the power plant retirements will come from old fossil-fired power generation facilities.
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Utility Business

Steel Company, Transformer Makers in Talks About West Virginia Plant

April 25, 2024
Cleveland-Cliffs’ CEO says his team wants to help solve the country’s electric equipment shortage.
Florida Power & Light Co.
Utility Business

FPL Doubles Down on Battery Storage Plans

April 25, 2024
If completed by 2033 as envisioned, the utility’s battery capacity will have grown more than ninefold.
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Transmission Reliability

Trying to Speed up Power Grid Permits, DOE Issues Final Transmission Rule

April 25, 2024
The White House says the rule will streamline transmission project review timelines while respecting the environmental permitting process.
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
Utility Business

Algonquin, Investor Strike Deal For Board Changes

April 22, 2024
The company’s largest investor had pushed for three new directors but is settling for two. Chairman Kenneth Moore and a former National Grid COO will not stand for re-election...