Expansion of European Electricity Grids Essential for Increased Integration of Renewable Energy Sources
Europe's electricity grids must be massively expanded to achieve integration of large shares of renewable energy...
Burns & McDonnell to Provide Engineering Support for Tres Amigas SuperStation
Burns & McDonnell has been selected to provide engineering design and development support services for the Tres Amigas SuperStation, a first-of-its-kind power transmission hub that will link America’s three primary electric transmission grids – the Eastern (Southwest Power Pool), Western (Western Electricity Coordinating Council) and Texas (Electric Reliability Council Of Texas) Interconnections...
Energy Storage Systems Surpass Five Million Hours of Operation
The installed base of Ice Bear energy storage systems has successfully recorded more than five million hours of cumulative field run time. ...
Saudi Electricity Co. Approves SR14.7 Billion in Power Projects
The Saudi Electricity Co. has approved seven power projects worth SR14.7 billion (US$3.92 billion) to meet rising demand in the country. ...
Detroit Edison Launches Online Power Outage Map
Detroit Edison is making it faster and easier for customers to get up-to-date restoration estimates when their power is out...
Pepco Outlines Reliability Enhancement Plan for Maryland
Pepco has outlined a six-point reliability plan that advances work on existing programs as well as initiates new activities....
NV Energy and Great Basin Transmission Finalize Agreement for the One Nevada Transmission Line
NV Energy, Inc. and Great Basin Transmission, LLC, have signed a definitive agreement to jointly construct and own a 500-kV transmission line in Nevada...
ITCTransmission Receives Approval from Midwest ISO for the Thumb Loop Transmission Line Project
ITCTransmission has received approval from the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator for the Thumb Loop high-voltage electric transmission line project. ...
SEPA-led Fact Finding Mission to Japan Affirms U.S. Solar on the Right Track
Utility leaders on a recent fact-finding mission to Japan led by the Solar Electric Power Association returned with a wealth of new contacts and a refreshed outlook on the solar power market here in the United States....
American Transmission Co. Beginning Construction on Milton Power Line
American Transmission Co. on Friday will begin construction activities on a new four-mile, 69-kV electric transmission line to serve the Milton area in Wisconsin....
Indian Energy Commissions Wind Farm, Substation at Theni
Indian Energy, an independent power producer, has commissioned its 16.5 MW wind farm at Theni, together with the associated substation. ...
PPL and National Park Service Reach Settlement Allowing Vegetation Maintenance on Key Power Line
PPL Electric Utilities has reached a court-approved settlement with the National Park Service that will allow the utility to trim vegetation around a key power line in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area near Bushkill, Pa....
Utilities M&A Deal Activity in North America Shows Upward Momentum in Q2 2010
The merger and acquisition (M&A) environment in the United States provides reason for continued optimism in the Utilities and Power Generation sector as deal value increased 14 percent in Q2 2010 from the previous quarter, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP quarterly report entitled North American Power Deals: Q2 2010....
Declining Electricity Prices Increase Customer Satisfaction in Texas
Declining electricity prices have led to an increase in overall customer satisfaction with residential retail electric service providers in Texas, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Texas Residential Retail Electric Provider Customer Satisfaction Study released today. ...
Maryland Commission Finally Approves Baltimore Smart Grid Project
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. will move forward with implementation of smart grid throughout its Central Maryland service territory....
PJM Reaffirms Need for Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway
PJM Interconnection has reaffirmed the need to develop the Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway, a new high-voltage line in the Mid-Atlantic region with a new in-service date of 2015....
FirstEnergy Crews Assisting Pepco with Storm Restoration Efforts in Maryland
As part of its long-standing tradition of assisting neighboring electric companies in need, FirstEnergy Corp. utilities have sent 140 employees - including 56 line crews - to Rockville, Maryland, to help restore electrical service to more than 87,000 Pepco customers who remain without electricity after a devastating thunderstorm hit the greater Washington, D.C. area yesterday morning. ...
APPA Files Protest with FERC over PJM's Scarcity Pricing Proposal
The American Public Power Association has filed a formal protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over a recent filing by PJM Interconnection in which it proposes the creation of an energy pricing structure that allows prices to skyrocket during certain times of tight energy supplies....
PGE and PacifiCorp Open Discussions on Jointly Developing Transmission Project
Taking preliminary action on the need to build a new energy superhighway that can reliably and cost-effectively deliver renewable power, Portland General Electric and PacifiCorp recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to officially open discussions on establishing an agreement to jointly develop, construct and own the Cascade Crossing Transmission Project currently proposed by PGE in the state of Oregon. ...
DOE Finalizes $43 Million Loan Guarantee for Flywheel Energy Storage Project
Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that a $43 million loan guarantee has been finalized for Beacon Power Corp.'s 20 MW flywheel energy storage plant in Stephentown, New York. ...
Fingrid Plans to Connect New Nuclear Power to Transmission Grid
Fingrid, the electricity transmission system operator in Finland, is preparing to connect new nuclear power units to the electricity transmission grid...
APS to Develop Largest Solar Power System on U.S. Government Property
Arizona Public Service Co. will own and operate a new 15-megawatt photovoltaic power plant to be built at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Ariz....
Ameren Corp. Creates Separate Transmission Business
Ameren Corp. has formed a new subsidiary dedicated to electric transmission infrastructure investment, expanding Ameren's already robust transmission system of more than 7400 circuit miles of high-voltage transmission lines in Missouri and Illinois. ...
Restoration Work Underway on Wind-Damaged NPPD Transmission Line
Restoration of Nebraska Public Power District’s 230-kV transmission line in north Buffalo County, extensively damaged by a wind storm July 17, will become more visible as crews begin the work of setting new poles and stringing wire this month....
Dominion Virginia Power Crews Restoring Service After Severe Storms Cross State
Dominion Virginia Power continues to restore power to customers who lost service Thursday afternoon and evening because of a line of severe thunderstorms, near-hurricane force winds and heavy rains that crossed much of Virginia. ...
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