PSE&G Requests Board of Public Utilities Approval of North Central Reliability Project Application
Public Service Electric and Gas has submitted its application to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to construct the North Central Reliability Project, which would upgrade transmission lines and substations in the northern and central regions of the state. ...
PPL Plans New Data and Operations Center in Upper Macungie
PPL Corp. plans to build a 115,000-square-foot data and operations center in Upper Macungie Township that will provide long-term benefits for both the company and its customers. ...
Western Completes Sacramento Transmission Line Additions, Upgrades
The Western Area Power Administration energized two new transmission line segments of the Sacramento Area Voltage Support Project this month, marking the end of construction and readying the line for summer season operations in Sacramento, California. ...
Kenya to Construct 400-kV Transmission Line
Global construction company Isolux Corsan has won the tender for the construction of the largest high-voltage electrical transmission line in Kenya and one of the largest in Africa: 428 km long, bearing 400 kV. ...
Los Andes Battery Energy Storage System Hits Performance Milestone in Chile
The Los Andes battery energy storage system is now one of the best performing reserve units in Northern Chile, according to reports issued by CDEC-SING, the region's grid operator. ...
New England Wholesale Markets are Competitive, According to Annual Markets Report
New England’s wholesale electricity markets continued to produce competitive results in 2010, according to a report released by the internal market monitor of ISO New England Inc., the operator of the region’s bulk power system and wholesale electricity markets....
Pepco to Begin Installing Smart Meters in Maryland
In June, Pepco will begin installing advanced digital electric meters, also referred to as smart meters, throughout its Maryland service area....
NV Energy Releases Details for Renewable Transmission Initiative
NV Energy has announced its Renewable Transmission Initiative, a process designed to engage renewable developers, load-serving entities, and others to assess their interest in obtaining transmission service from renewable energy zones in Nevada to other markets, particularly California and the Desert Southwest. ...
Customers Willing to Pay for Smart Meter Data: Analysis
Recent analysis by E Source reveals a strong interest among residential customers in smart meter data, which includes "viewing daily and hourly energy use online, on a smart phone, or on a display" as well as "seeing the energy use of each appliance."...
SDG&E Outlines Plan for Region's Smart Grid Future
San Diego Gas & Electric has released its plan outlining the utility's vision for the electric grid of the future....
MISO Furthers Wind Integration Into Market
MISO Furthers Wind Integration Into Market CARMEL, Ind., June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire MISO took a major step forward today in addressing the operational challenges associated with the variable nature of renewable energy resources such as wind power. ...
AEP Joins With TVA to Develop Regional Transmission Projects
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to pursue extra-high voltage transmission projects designed to strengthen the transmission system in Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky. ...
First Energy's American Transmission Systems, Inc. and Cleveland Public Power Integrated Into PJM
PJM Interconnection has announced that at 1 a.m., PJM assumed operational control of the transmission systems of American Transmission Systems, Inc. and Cleveland Public Power and began administering open, competitive wholesale electricity markets in those areas. ...
IE Madeira Consortium Commissions Overhead Conductors for Brazil Interconnection
Nexans has been awarded a 20 million euro contract by the IE Madeira consortium to deliver the overhead lines for the world’s longest power transmission link, Brazil’s Madeira River Power Interconnection....
PNM Powers Up 40-Acre Switching Station in New Mexico
PNM has energized a 40-acre switching station northwest of Rio Rancho that will serve as a new source to bring electricity to customers in northwest Albuquerque and southwest Sandoval County, including the City of Rio Rancho....
TVA Asks for Comments on Proposed Transmission Project
The Tennessee Valley Authority is seeking public comments on a transmission line project that will reduce interruptions and help assure reliable electricity for the Hillsboro, Tennessee, area. ...
North American Utilities Most Concerned About Regulation, Infrastructure, Workforce, Pricing
According to a survey of more than 100 senior executives in the U.S. and Canadian electric and natural gas industries, the five most critical challenges facing the North American energy industry, in order of importance, are environmental regulation, aging infrastructure, non-environmental regulation, an aging industry workforce, and the need for new pricing mechanisms....
Fortis to Acquire CVPS, Vermont's Largest Utility
Fortis will acquire all outstanding common shares of Central Vermont Public Service for an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$700 million, including the assumption of approximately US$230 million of debt. ...
Tampa Electric Prepares Year-Round for Hurricane Season
Hurricane season starts June 1, but Tampa Electric prepares year-round to deal with the potential impacts of hurricanes and widespread power outages....
PPL Electric Utilities Restores Service to 53,000 Customers, Restoration Effort to Run into the Weekend
PPL Electric Utilities said it will be a multiple-day effort to restore power to all customers affected by severe thunderstorms that rolled through the Susquehanna Valley and northeastern Pennsylvania Thursday night. ...
KCP&L Crew Members Head to Joplin, Missouri, to Help with Storm Restoration Efforts
Yesterday morning at 6 a.m., approximately 60 crew members drove to Joplin, Missouri, to assist Empire District Electric with restoration efforts following this weekend’s devastating tornado....
BPA Shares New Wind Generation Forecast Online
Wind energy producers and anyone else was able to view a forecast of wind power generation in the Bonneville Power Administration’s transmission system this past weekend....
Ausgrid Fitting Out Major Substation in New South Wales Area
The electrical fit-out of a major substation in Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia has begun and civil construction is expected to be complete in August....
Global Investment in Smart City Technology Infrastructure to Total $108 Billion by 2020
A new report from Pike Research forecasts that investment in smart city technology infrastructure will total $108 billion during the years from 2010 to 2020. By the end of that period, the cleantech market intelligence firm anticipates that annual spending will reach nearly $16 billion. ...
FERC Approves Transmission Rate Incentives for Atlantic Wind Connection
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has granted incentive rate treatment for several proposed transmission projects, including the 250-mile Atlantic Wind Connection project that plans to interconnect up to 6,000 MW of offshore wind power. ...
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