FERC Launches Staff Inquiry into Southwestern Outages
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has initiated a staff inquiry into the recent outages and restrictions of natural gas and electricity service in Texas and other Western states. ...
PPL Electric Utilities to Improve Electric Service in Northeast Pennsylvania, Poconos
A six-year project to improve electric service for homes and businesses in northeast Pennsylvania and the Pocono Mountains was announced last week by PPL Electric Utilities. ...
Connecticut Attorney General Urges Regulators to Reject CL&P's Smart Meter Plan
Connecticut Light & Power Co.’s plan to replace existing electric meters with advanced technology would be expensive and would not save enough electricity for its 1.2 million customers to justify the expense, Attorney General George Jepsen said last week....
Ofgem Imposes Fines Totaling £1 Million on Local Power Grid Companies
Energy regulator Ofgem intends to impose financial penalties on three local power network companies totalling £1m for failing to provide timely offers for connections to the local electricity network....
Texas Commission Investigating Rolling Blackouts
The Public Utilities Commission of Texas has directed an energy monitor to investigate the conditions surrounding the rolling blackouts implemented during last week's weather. ...
Survey Shows Rise in Demand Response, Advanced Metering Use
The use of demand response and advanced metering programs has risen significantly since 2008 to cover more consumers around the country, said a new staff report issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. ...
Blackout Strikes Northeastern Brazil
At least 10 million people experienced a blackout in Northeastern Brazil this morning when an electric substation knocked out transmission lines and temporarily shut down generation capacity....
ComEd: 99 Percent of Customers Restored After Tuesday's Blizzard
Working round-the-clock, ComEd crews have restored power to virtually all 190,000 customers affected by the historic blizzard that blew through northern Illinois....
ComEd Quickly Mobilizes to Restore Power to Customers Affected by Major Storm
ComEd has mobilized more than 100 crews overnight to repair downed power lines and damaged equipment after a massive storm that hit its service territory. ...
Ameren Illinois Battles Outages Caused by Massive Winter Storm
Ameren Illinois is working to restore service to customers without electricity due to a massive winter storm that stretches across 20 states...
CenterPoint Energy Begins Systematic Rolling Outages
CenterPoint Energy has started planned, controlled rolling outages following an order from ERCOT to curtail delivery of power to end-use customers in its greater Houston service territory. ...
ComEd Prepares for Massive Winter Storm
ComEd is monitoring weather conditions and preparing for a major storm that is forecasted to hit its service territory Tuesday and expected to last through Wednesday. ...
Itron Teams with Silver Spring Networks for Increased Utility Choice
Itron and Silver Spring Networks have finalized an expanded agreement to integrate Itron's CENTRON II electricity meters, 100G gas ERT modules and 100W...
PayGo Electric and SmartSynch Offer Utilities Prepaid Electric Solutions
PayGo Electric, the real-time prepaid electric provider for utilities, announces an agreement with SmartSynch Inc., under which PayGo's fully integrated...
Research Proves Online Analysis Spurs Behavior Changes and Conservation
Completion of an energy audit is a proven motivator of consumer behavior change, according to recent analysis by Opinion Dynamics Corp., a consulting...
Selling Smart Meters to Consumers
Customers often have concerns about privacy and meter accuracy. As such, electric utilities need to identify customers' needs and desires when it comes...
BGE Expects Service to the Vast Majority of Customers to be Restored by Late Saturday
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company yesterday announced that electric service to the vast majority of remaining customers affected by this week’s snow storm should be restored by late Saturday with some scattered outages extending into Sunday....
PPL Electric Utilities Sends Crews to Washington, D.C., Baltimore to Help With Snowstorm Recovery Efforts
PPL Electric Utilities yesterday rallied its work crews to help restoration efforts in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. ...
BGE Residential Customers Reach Key 'Choice' Milestone
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company has announced that more than 200,000 of its residential electric customers – approaching 20 percent of all residential customers - are purchasing their electricity from third-party suppliers, double the number just one year ago....
FERC-Funded Study Identifies Tools to Help Ensure Grid Reliability
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today issued for public comment a study that seeks to ensure reliability for consumers by identifying tools that will help manage the planning and operations of new generation resources into the nation’s electricity system....
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