SDG&E Clarifies Status of Fire-Prevention Program
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has suspended until next year its plan to shut off power proactively during extreme weather conditions in some backcountry communities...
ECS Successfully Performs During PG&E Load Event
In Pacific Gas and Electric's first emergency power-reduction event of summer 2008, Energy Curtailment Specialists Inc. successfully performed 100% of its contracted load for summer 2008 participation....
Ace Energy Helps Schools Go Green
Ace Energy Co. is working with New York City schools seeking to reduce their carbon footprint and cut energy costs....
The Power of Mining AMI Data
Electric utilities may be missing out on several key benefits if they are only using advanced metering systems for meter reading....
NERC: 10-Year Outlook for Reliability Highlights Environmental Initiatives, Transmission as Concerns
The impact of environmental initiatives and the need for transmission infrastructure are among the most important issues facing electric reliability in North America over the coming ten years, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) announced ...
Arizona Public Service Reports Reliable Summer
During a summer in which monsoon storms and high temperatures dominated local news, Arizona Public Service continued to provide reliable service to the company’s more than 1.1 million customers throughout Arizona. ...
PA Consulting Recognizes North America’s Utilities for Outstanding Customer Service and Reliability
PA Consulting Group announced the recipients of its annual ReliabilityOne and ServiceOne Awards at a reception in Washington D.C. ...
PECO to Improve Electric Reliability with $7.4 Million Project
PECO has electric line and tree crews working along five miles of Route 23 over the next several months, installing a new line of utility poles and other equipment for an electric reliability improvement project for Lower Merion. ...
Allegheny Power Ranked First in Northeast Region by Industrial Customers
Large commercial and industrial customers have rated Allegheny Power as one of the leaders in customer satisfaction among electric utilities in the United States....
Maryland Commission Urges PJM to Hold Summit to Address Possible Capacity Shortage
As part of the Maryland Public Service Commission’s continuing effort to address Maryland’s potential electricity gap, the Commission asked PJM Interconnection, the region’s grid operator to convene a Regional Reliability Summit “as soon as possible.” ...
Study: U.S. Faces Serious Risks of Brownouts or Blackouts in 2009
A new study released this week highlights what experts have been saying for years: The United States faces significant risk of power brownouts and blackouts as early as next summer that may cost tens of billions of dollars and threaten lives. ...
Security Concerns of the Electric Grid
Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection are two important issues facing reliability in the coming years, but are fundamentally different...
Service Excellence Promised and Delivered
The No. 1 Thing Customers Want from Their Electric Utility is a safe, reliable supply of electricity. They want the lights to come on when they flip the...
A Step Ahead of Run-to-Failure
Most Utilities Would Agree That a Policy of Run-to-Failure is Not a Prudent Strategy for managing distribution assets, in light of its anticipated impact...
ComEd Addresses Reliability and Aesthetics
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd; Chicago, Illinois), a unit of Exelon Corp., maintains 35,000 miles of overhead distribution power lines, providing reliable...
Entergy Provides Hurricane Ike Update
After back-to-back strikes by catastrophic hurricanes in less than two weeks left nearly 1.7 million customers without electricity in four states, Entergy Corp. announced today its utilities had restored power to all of the 705,400 customers affected by Hurricane Ike who can take power...
NY DPS Staff Reviews Utility Reliability, Service, Quality
The New York State Public Service Commission has received reports from Staff of the Department of Public Service, assessing electric service reliability and customer service performance by utilities in New York State....
Oncor Completes Hurricane Ike Restoration
Oncor’s work is done in East Texas, according to Oncor Senior Vice President for Distribution Brenda Pulis. As of this past Saturday, every home or business in southeast Texas affected by Hurricane Ike that could take electricity had power. ...
Entergy Moves Up Complete Restoration Date; Hits 86 Percent
The quickening pace of power restoration in Southeast Texas has prompted Entergy Texas, Inc. to move the estimated date for 100% restoration from Oct. 6 to this weekend, as many as 12 days earlier for some customers....
AEP's Indiana Michigan Power Utility To Deploy New Metering, Efficiency Technologies
About 10,000 South Bend, Indiana, area customers of Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), a utility unit of American Electric Power, will soon participate in a demonstration of new technologies designed to promote service reliability and help customers manage usage and save money. ...
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