ComEd to Host Utilities' Best Practices Conference on Storm Response
As part of ComEd's ongoing efforts to enhance its storm restoration process, the company will host a best practices roundtable discussion Thursday and Friday in Oak Brook, to learn from the solutions that have proven effective for other utilities....
ISO New England Proposal Includes Continued Participation of Behind-the-Meter Generation in Electricity Markets
In compliance with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 745 on demand-response compensation in competitive markets, ISO New England has filed proposed market rules that will result in full integration of demand resources into system operations and energy markets by June 2015. ...
Africa Utilities Award Contracts for Electricity Supply in Tanzania, Kenya
Sweco has been awarded several contracts in Africa aimed at improving the supply of electricity in several areas of Tanzania and Kenya....
Texas Blaze Caused by Powerlines, Says Forest Service; Bluebonnet Restores Power
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative expects to restore power today to most of the Tahitian Village neighborhood, an area north of Texas Highway 71 near Alum Creek Road, an area around Cottletown Road and Long Trail and an area north of Texas Highway 21 East between FM 1441 and Cardinal Drive. ...
ERCOT Board Recommends Approval of ETT Proposed Transmission Line from Laredo into Rio Grande Valley
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Board of Directors has endorsed and deemed "critical to reliability" a 345-kV transmission project proposed by Electric Transmission Texas LLC from the Laredo area into the Lower Rio Grande Valley....
New High-Voltage Transmission Line Brings Jobs to the Northwest and Reinforces BPA System
The Bonneville Power Administration will build a new high-voltage power line that will provide up to 100 new construction-related jobs and help BPA move energy from east of the Cascade Mountains to homes and businesses in population centers west of the Cascades. ...
LI-NYC Wind Farm Collaborative Applies for Federal Lease for Offshore Site
The Long Island–New York City Offshore Wind Collaborative, consisting of Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Con Edison), the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) today took the next step to advance the offshore wind project by filing a lease application with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE). ...
Department of Energy Releases New Roadmap to Guide Public-Private Cybersecurity Initiatives
The U.S. Department of Energy has released the 2011 Roadmap to Achieve Energy Delivery Systems Cybersecurity. ...
FERC Takes Steps to Support Continued Reliability of Electric Grid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took steps to support continued transmission system reliability by proposing revisions to eight critical infrastructure protection reliability standards that include a new method of identifying cyber assets that are critical to the nation’s bulk power grid. ...
Companies Shortlisted in UK Pylon Design Competition
A design submitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects/Department of Energy & Climate Change/National Grid Pylon Design Competition by engineering consultancy firms ESB International & Roughan O’Donovan and architecture practice Knight Architects is one of six shortlisted out of a total of 250 entries to the competition, the UK Secretary of State, Chris Huhne announced today....
Western Area Power Administration Commits to Arizona Renewable Transmission Project
Western’s Transmission Infrastructure Program and a group of electricity providers in Arizona have committed to build a large-scale transmission project in Arizona’s Maricopa and Pinal counties....
NEMA Supports Transfer of DOE Transmission Corridor Authority to FERC
Citing its commitment to improving the regulatory environment for the planning, development, siting, and construction of transmission infrastructure, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association weighed in at the Department of Energy in support of the transfer from DOE to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of certain directives regarding transmission corridors authorized under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct05). ...
NERC, FERC Announce Joint Inquiry into California Outage
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corp. announced a joint inquiry into the Sept. 8 power outage that left more than 1 million customers in Southern California, parts of Arizona and Northern Baja Mexico without electricity. ...
Consumers Reveal the Smart Grid Benefits They Value Most: Study
In a new survey, consumers rank both the personal and societal benefits of smart grid technologies as very important to their consideration, support and acceptance. ...
DATC Announces Integrated Transmission Development Plan in Five Midwestern States
Duke-American Transmission Co. has released its first set of transmission projects that include seven new transmission line projects in five Midwestern states. ...
San Diego Gas & Electric Restores Power; Calls for Energy Conservation
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) today restored power at 3:25 a.m. to its 1.4 million customers affected by the Sept. 8 outage...
Blackout Hits Southern California
More than 2 million people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border were left without power Thursday after a major outage that extended from Arizona to southern California, including San Diego....
DTE Energy Introduces New iPhone App to Get Real-Time Outage Information
DTE Energy has introduced a new interactive iPhone application for customers to access a variety of up-to-the-minute information, including real-time outage information from their mobile devices. ...
Mexico’s CFE Contracts to Add Substations and Transmission Lines
Alstom Grid has been awarded a contract by Mexico’s state-owned power utility, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), to deliver seven new substations and 11 overhead transmission lines in the neighboring states of Puebla, Veracruz and Oaxaca, in partnership with Sademex, Ingeniería y Construcción....
Brazil Poised for Major Growth in Wind Capacity – If Costs Drop or Efficiencies Rise
Brazil could become one of the world's great growth markets for wind power, but only if the industry dramatically cuts its costs below current levels or substantially improves equipment performance, Bloomberg New Energy Finance finds in a new research report. ...
Southern Cross Transmission Project Reaches FERC Application Milestones
Pattern Energy Group has reached important milestones in the development of its Southern Cross transmission project by reaching a significant agreement with several existing Texas utilities and making two key applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). ...
Rural Electric Cooperatives to Receive Funding for Smart Grid, Transmission Improvements
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that rural electric cooperative utilities will receive funding for smart grid technologies and improvements to generation and transmission facilities. These loans will benefit more than 19,000 rural consumers in 14 states. ...
Entergy Crews Wrap Up Tropical Storm Lee Restoration Work
Entergy crews spent Tuesday wrapping up restoration work after a nearly four-day-long battle to repair damage done by Tropical Storm Lee....
Dominion On Track to Complete Hurricane Irene Restoration Effort
Dominion Virginia Power crews are working on the last remaining reported outages from Hurricane Irene. ...
North Carolina's Tideland EMC Nearing Finish Line
An email from a long time Tideland EMC member gives bleak testimony to the damages Hurricane Irene inflicted on the electric co-op's territory:...
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