New York State Energy Survey Shows Consumers Lack Awareness of Energy Choice
At a time when New Yorkers are focused on energy costs, a new survey reveals that 42% of respondents have heard about energy deregulation "but don't know that much about it." ...
Storm Causes Extensive Damage to ComEd System
Following a series of destructive thunderstorms that downed power lines and severely damaged electrical equipment, ComEd crews had restored service to more than 370,000 customers Friday evening and were continuing work to restore an additional 222,000 customers who remained without power. ...
Summer Heat Pushes Progress Energy Florida to New Summer Peak
Progress Energy Florida customers set a new summer peak-demand record for power use Monday afternoon....
PG&E, FPL Websites Earn Top Ratings
E Source has reported its latest benchmark results for the performance of North American electric company web sites....
Demand Response Sets New Record in PJM Interconnection
Consumers' reductions in the use of electricity, known as demand response, set a record this week in PJM Interconnection during a power supply emergency...
Survey: Quebecers Feel Prolonged Blackout Poses Serious Problem
Four years after the largest blackout in North American history (Aug. 14. 2003) and leading up to the 10th anniversary of the Quebec ice storm (January 1998), a survey reveals that almost two-thirds of Quebecers feel that a prolonged blackout poses a serious problem....
Ontario Electric Board Issues Decision on Smart Meter Costs
The Ontario Energy Board has issued a "decision with reasons" approving costs associated with smart metering activities incurred by 13 utilities authorized by government regulation to undertake smart metering activities...
Nation's Electric Utility Industry Urges Wise Electricity Use During Heat Waves
With much of the nation preparing for another day of record or near-record temperatures, the nation's electric utilities are urging homes and businesses to keep cool, but to use their electricity wisely....
Risk Analysis Studies Terrorist Attack Against Power System
If terrorists caused a blackout in Los Angeles County, various forms of resilience would give electricity customers the ability to mute the potential shock to their businesses by as much as 86 percent. ...
Southern Company Sets Peak Demand Record
Southern Company has set a new system peak demand record for electricity use....
ISO New England Analyzes Ability to Meet Electricity Needs
ISO New England has released the "New England Electricity Scenario Analysis," a report that examines the reliability, economic, and environmental impacts of pursuing a range of resource scenarios for the region to meet future electricity needs....
ENEE Recovers Revenue in Honduras with Elster's EnergyAxis System
Empresa Nacional de Energia Electrica (ENEE) is realizing significant cost savings and revenue recovery since it inaugurated Elster Electricity's EnergyAxis...
ConsumerPowerline Leads Effort to Protect City's Energy Grid
Energy is the lifeblood of New York City, and over the past few summers, there have been major power outages that, in the broiling heat, have stopped...
Swedish Utility Deploys AMR System
To become the recognized leader in energy services for residential customers was Vattenfall's goal when it launched its “Number One for the Customer” project in 2002...
Southern California Edison Achieves Key Advanced Metering Goal
Southern California Edison has informed the California Public Utilities Commission that it has successfully achieved a key goal of its advanced metering system -- a business case with more forecast customer savings than costs....
PG&E Comments on San Francisco Electric Reliability
Pacific Gas and Electric Company issued the following statement from President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Morrow on the San Francisco power outage ...
J.D. Power: Higher Prices, Storms Again Take a Toll on Customer Satisfaction with Electric Utilities
As electricity prices increase for a fifth consecutive year, and many customers report experiencing an increase in the duration of power outages, overall customer satisfaction falls slightly among residential customers served by the nation's 76 largest electric utilities, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study ...
ComEd to Participate in Comprehensive, Statewide Settlement of Electric Rate Debate
ComEd has agreed to participate in a statewide, comprehensive settlement regarding electric rates and related policy matters. Other participants in the settlement include Exelon Generation, Ameren, Dynegy, Midwest Generation and MidAmerican. ...
PG&E Restores Power to All Customers Affected By Transmission-Related Outage in San Francisco
Pacific Gas and Electric Company restored power yesterday afternoon to approximately 40,000 customers after transmission breakers at the company's Martin Substation opened, causing outages concentrated in San Francisco's Financial District and the Cow Palace area of the peninsula. ...
Barcelona Experiences Blackout
A major power outage hit Barcelona, snarling traffic, hobbling public transportation and knocking out electricity to homes and businesses in much of Spain's second-largest city...
FERC Proposes Adoption of New Reliability Standards for Cyber Security in the Bulk Power System
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has proposed to approve a set of reliability standards to help safeguard the nation’s bulk electric power supply system against potential disruptions from cyber attacks. ...
Central Alabama Electric Co-op Exercises Emergency Response Plan
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative conducted a comprehensive tabletop exercise last week of its emergency response plan, which entailed having the co-op's emergency management team respond to a series of vandalisms at crucial substations, the effects of a widespread avian influenza pandemic (which affected 40% of its workforce, including much of the senior management team) and the accidental discharge of a USAF Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons Test from Maxwell AFB...
PJM Reliability Pricing Model Producing Results
PJM Interconnection's new method of pricing electric capacity is producing the intended results: more demand response, reduced power plant retirements and additional generation. ...
AmerenUE Announces $1 Billion Reliability, Environmental Improvement Program
AmerenUE plans to invest $1 billion over the next three years to improve reliability, upgrade delivery systems, and enhance the environmental performance of its power plants. ...
First Trials of Smart Meters in Britain Set to Begin
Energy regulator Ofgem is to administer the first large-scale trials in Britain of advanced energy meters, which could help cut household energy consumption....
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