NERC CEO Announces Plan to Improve Response to Cyber, Critical Infrastructure Protection
Rick Sergel, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), recently announced the organization’s plans to improve its response to cyber security and critical infrastructure protection concerns for the bulk power system in North America. ...
California ISO Declares Flex-Alert
With a significant heat wave bearing down on California and the West this week and wild fires posing potential threats to the California power grid, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (California ISO) is declaring a Flex Alert for Tuesday, July 8, through Thursday, July 10. ...
TXU Energy Launches ZigBee-Enabled Demand-Response Program over Internet
TXU Energy, through a partnership that includes Comverge (East Hanover, New Jersey, U.S.) and Digi International (Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.), is launching...
AMI Technology Leverages Prepay Program
SmartSynch Inc. (Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.) and Exceleron Software Inc. (Dallas, Texas, U.S.) have teamed up to create an integrated platform that enables...
Demand Response and Reliability
Renewable Resources, Especially Variable Generation, Require a Dancing Partner, a resource that can complement increasing penetration of wind and solar,...
Are You Ready for Smart Grid?
When the New Seven Wonders of the World were Announced, maybe they should have included advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) along with the likes of...
Alliant Energy Sets Timeline for Restoring Power to Downtown Cedar Rapids
Alliant Energy on Friday set a timeline for restoring electric service to the flood-damaged downtown business district in Cedar Rapids. ...
NERC Issues Reliability Advisories on February Florida Outage
The analysis of the February 26, 2008 category four system disturbance in Florida has led to the release of three industry-wide reliability advisories, announced the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) on June 26....
FERC Examines Causes of, Responses to Rising Electricity Costs
Higher fuel prices, increased capital costs and continued uncertainty about climate policy are helping fuel the rising costs of electricity faced by consumers across the country, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ...
FERC Approves Reliability Standard Violation Severity Levels
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission completed the penalty-setting matrix for violations of mandatory electric reliability standards when it approved assignments of “Violation Severity Levels” proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) for the 83 FERC-approved reliability standards. ...
Historic Energy Efficiency Program Gets Underway in NY
The New York State Public Service Commission has today commenced its historic Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS), a far-reaching, ground-breaking energy efficiency initiative that seeks to reverse the pattern of ever-increasing energy use in New York by reducing electric usage ...
Hydro One Leverages Smart Grid for Multiple Customer and Business Applications
Hydro One has announced that, together with Hydro One Brampton, it was poised to meet the half-million mark in installing smart meters for its customers across the province. In addition to meter deployment, the Company is making advances in realizing its vision of a smart grid. ...
ComEd Announces Enhanced Communication Protocol for Local Governments
Ahead of this year's storm season, ComEd has enhanced its communications with Northern Illinois municipalities to increase collaboration, service coordination and information sharing. ...
NERC Enforces Compliance with Electric Reliability Standards
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) will submit the first set of violation notices in the United States to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today for approval under Section 215 of the Federal Power Act....
Electric System Reliability Improving in Kentucky
Kentucky electric customers whose power goes out are seeing the lights come back on more quickly than in the past, according to data collected by the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC)....
PECO Completes 80 Projects to Prepare for Peak Demand Season
As summer quickly approaches and the region braces for the season’s first heat wave, PECO said it has completed its critical infrastructure projects to ensure it meets peak electric demand during summertime. ...
New Initiative to Explore Smarter Electric Grid for Illinois
A new public-private collaboration is exploring how smart grid technology may bring the people of Illinois more reliable electric service and a cleaner environment, while holding down costs of electric services...
Half of Internet Users Pay a Monthly Bill Online
According to the latest E SOURCE market research study, 51% of Internet users in the U.S. and Canada now pay at least one monthly bill online. ...
Southern California Edison to Implement 40-MW C&I Demand Response
Southern California Edison (SCE) has contracted Comverge Inc. to implement a Virtual Peaking Capacity (VPC) program of up to 40 MW....
China Expects Power Shortages Amid Surging Demand
China could suffer electricity blackouts this summer in its eastern, southern, and central areas as demand rises ahead of supply, a senior official of the power regulator has warned. ...
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