Puget Sound Energy Ready to Support Deployment of Electric Vehicles
Puget Sound Energy President Kimberly Harris on Monday told a gathering of elected officials, transportation planners and auto-industry representatives in Bellevue that her utility is prepared to support the integration of plug-in electric vehicles into Western Washington’s transportation system. ...
FERC Lifts Price Caps for Transmission Customers Reassigning Capacity
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has voted to make electricity markets more efficient by permanently lifting the price cap for all reassignments of firm transmission capacity by wholesale electric transmission customers....
Report: North American EV Charging Industry to Reach $3.09 billion by 2017
Verify Markets has released a market research report on the North American electric vehicle charging industry. ...
CU-NREL Energy Institute Launches Study of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles in Boulder
The University of Colorado at Boulder's Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, will partner with Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. in a field study of household experiences and the technical impacts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHVs, in a "smart grid" environment. ...
DOE Announces More than $5 Million to Support Wind Energy Development
The Department of Energy is awarding more than $5 million to support U.S. wind energy development. ...
FirstEnergy-Allegheny Energy Merger Application Receives Approval From Virginia Regulators
FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy, Inc. have received approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) for their proposed merger. ...
Wired to Lead
For many linemen, the end of a long workday is the start of an even longer evening. After spending hours climbing poles and working in the scorching heat,...
MSE Power Systems Becomes CG Power
MSE Power Systems Inc. has changed its name to CG Power Solutions USA Inc. In October 2008, MSE was acquired by Crompton Greaves Ltd. (CG), a global leader...
CH2M HILL to Manage Tres Amigas SuperStation Construction Services
CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design construction and operations firm, has received a contract from Tres Amigas LLC, a merchant transmission...
California ISO Opens Market to New Demand Response Product
The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) further opened California's power market to electricity customers, enabling them to compete...
Schedule, Quality and Cost
Early in my career, I was taught the trite expression Fast, good and cheap. Pick two. The implication is that it is difficult to deliver on all three:...
Hawaii Partners with Nissan for Electric Vehicle Development
Nissan North America and the state of Hawaii have announced a partnership to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of electric vehicles, and an electric-vehicle charging network, throughout the state. ...
Utilities M&A Deal Activity in North America Shows Upward Momentum in Q2 2010
The merger and acquisition (M&A) environment in the United States provides reason for continued optimism in the Utilities and Power Generation sector as deal value increased 14 percent in Q2 2010 from the previous quarter, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP quarterly report entitled North American Power Deals: Q2 2010....
APPA Files Protest with FERC over PJM's Scarcity Pricing Proposal
The American Public Power Association has filed a formal protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over a recent filing by PJM Interconnection in which it proposes the creation of an energy pricing structure that allows prices to skyrocket during certain times of tight energy supplies....
Ameren Corp. Creates Separate Transmission Business
Ameren Corp. has formed a new subsidiary dedicated to electric transmission infrastructure investment, expanding Ameren's already robust transmission system of more than 7400 circuit miles of high-voltage transmission lines in Missouri and Illinois. ...
Burns & McDonnell Claims No. 1 Spot in Annual Ranking of T&D Engineering Firms
Burns & McDonnell has moved into the top spot for transmission and distribution engineering services in the annual rankings issue of Engineering News-Record...
NEMA Applauds Progress Toward Energy-Usage Data Standards
A major step toward a standardized format for communicating actionable information on energy consumption to U.S. households has been achieved, according...
Who Pays for Transmission?
It's not that we aren't getting transmission in. We are, just not as many miles as we'd like and not as many long lines as we need. On the national level,...
Report: Electric Utilities Must Embrace Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency to Compete in 21st Century
The most successful utilities in the 21st century will be different from those of the 20th century. ...
New Cost Allocation Methodology Unveiled by Midwest ISO
After more than 19 months of collaborative work with its stakeholders, yesterday the Midwest ISO filed its proposed cost allocation methodology for new transmission projects. ...
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