PG&E Proposes SmartMeter Option
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has proposed a plan to give residential customers the option to have the radios in their SmartMeters turned off. ...
Dominion Virginia Power Invests $1.7 Billion in Strengthening Electric Grid Reliability
Dominion Virginia Power plans to spend more than $1.7 billion over about a two-year period to strengthen its electric grid, support growing demand for electricity and improve service reliability for its 2.4 million customers. ...
82 Utilities Honored with National Award for Reliable Electric Operations
Eighty two of the nation’s more than 2,000 public power utilities earned Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3)1 recognition from the American Public Power Association for providing consumers with the highest degree of reliable and safe electric service. ...
Kansas State University Researches Cascading Power Failures
One of Kansas' most abundant natural resources may hold the key to preventing major power outages. ...
CRA Study: Entergy Customers to Benefit by Joining Energy Market
After reviewing a draft addendum study released by Charles River Associates (CRA), MISO agrees with the study's assessment that significant benefits are available to Entergy and its customers by participating in a comprehensive energy market. ...
BGE Customers Continue to Strongly Support Energy Savers Program
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. has achieved significant milestones in its BGE Smart Energy Savers Program, a suite of offerings intended to help customers reduce energy usage and demand in support of EmPOWER Maryland’s goal of a 15 percent per capita reduction in energy consumption by 2015. ...
TEPCO Starts Power Cuts in Areas Near Tokyo
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on Monday began implementing its planned rolling power cuts in some areas near Tokyo to avoid massive blackout in its service area following Friday's colossal earthquake....
Blue Ribbon Panels to Examine Pepco Reliability Issues
Pepco Holdings, Inc. Chairman, President and CEO Joseph M. Rigby has announced the formation of two independent blue ribbon panels to examine Pepco reliability and restoration issues....
EEI Awards Georgia Power with ‘Emergency Assistance Award’ Following Rain and Snow Storm
The Edison Electric Institute last week honored Georgia Power with the association’s “Emergency Assistance Award” for outstanding efforts in restoring electric service to Consolidated Edison customers in New York following a storm that brought torrential rain and high winds. ...
Entergy Earns EEI Storm Response Award for 13th Consecutive Year
Entergy Corp. was recognized by the Edison Electric Institute for the 13th consecutive year with its national storm restoration award on Wednesday. ...
EEI Awards Baltimore Gas & Electric Emergency Recovery Award Following Back-to-Back Blizzards
The Edison Electric Institute today honored Baltimore Gas and Electric Company with the association’s “Emergency Recovery Award” for outstanding efforts in restoring electric service following two blizzards that struck within a four-day period....
FPL Delivers More Than 99.98 Percent Service Reliability to Customers in 2010
In a filing with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today, Florida Power & Light Co. reported delivering another year of outstanding reliability for customers in 2010 and outlined plans for continued investment in reliability and storm preparedness in 2011. ...
Smart Customer Choices
The 21st century started off with dire predictions of an electric infrastructure collapse, but 10 years later, the grid is still working. Instead of disintegration,...
Customer Engagement Leads to Lower Costs
The United Illuminating Co. (UI) has faced a variety of challenges over the last decade. A 1998 restructuring law required the New Haven, Connecticut,...
Put the Smart in Customers
I have a case of demand-side deja vu. For those of us who have been in the utility industry for many years, the current focus on energy efficiency and demand...
Alcatel-Lucent Plays Role in PECO's Meter Technology Upgrade
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected to help build an advanced IP-based optical communications network as part of PECO's initiative to upgrade metering technology...
Galvin Electricity Initiative Supports Maryland Lawmakers' Call for Electricity Reliability Legislation
Yesterday, Galvin Electricity Initiative Deputy Director John Kelly testified before the Maryland House of Delegates at a hearing to stir support for an emergency bill that promotes establishing reliability standards for the state. ...
CenterPoint Energy Installs One Millionth Electric Smart Meter
Less than two years after beginning the installation of smart electric meters in the Houston area, CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s electric transmission and distribution subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC has installed its one millionth meter....
EPRI Study Examines Radio-Frequency Smart Meter Safety
Radio-frequency exposure levels from one type of smart meter, even at close range, fall substantially below the protective limits set by the Federal Communications Commission for the general public, according to a new report from the Electric Power Research Institute....
Service Restored to More Than 180,000 FirstEnergy Customers Following Ice and Snow Storm
The massive ice and snow storm that moved through northern Ohio yesterday left approximately 200,000 FirstEnergy Corp. customers without power....
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