Con Edison Crews Aid Harlem Trench Rescue with Vactor Truck
Two Con Edison employees helped to save a construction worker who was buried alive in a trench cave-in on Feb. 24. ...
NU and NSTAR Reach Comprehensive Merger-Related Agreement with Connecticut AG and OCC
Northeast Utilities and NSTAR have reached a comprehensive merger-related agreement with the Connecticut Attorney General and the Office of Consumer Counsel (OCC) that will guarantee substantial customer and environmental benefits. ...
Xcel Energy Completes Reliability Upgrades in New Mexico
Xcel Energy has completed $1.6 million in upgrades to boost reliability in Portales, New Mexico, after record cold weather in the early months of 2011 stressed sections of the city’s distribution system....
Non-Profit NEAC Releases Transmission Routing Study for Nevada
The Nevada Energy Assistance Corp. just finalized a report identifying several transmission corridors that could carry our state’s renewable energy to load centers around the West. ...
Dominion Virginia Power Offshore Wind Study Recommends Ocean Substations Be Added in Atlantic
One offshore substation platform with two 230,000-V power lines is appropriate to transmit to shore every 500-700 MW of wind-generated electricity constructed off the coast of Virginia, a study done at Dominion Virginia Power's request recommends. ...
First New Tower Completed on Beauly–Denny Replacement Electricity Line, Scotland
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, working on behalf of Scottish Hydro Electric Limited, has completed the first new tower on the replacement Beauly – Denny electricity line in Scotland....
FPL Strengthens the Electric Grid Against Major Storms
Florida Power & Light Co. plans to invest more than $200 million in 2012 to strengthen the electric grid against major storms and keep service reliability high, the company said in an annual filing with the Florida Public Service Commission....
Offshore Wind Coordination in UK Could Save Up to £3.5 Billion
Energy regulator Ofgem and the Department of Energy and Climate Change have published a report showing how more coordination in the development of offshore links and infrastructure can be achieved. ...
Consumers Energy Restores Power After Winter Storm
Abouty 11,000 Consumers Energy electric customers are without service due to the winter storm that began on Friday afternoon. ...
Investments in North American Wind Energy Installations Will Total $145 Billion through 2017
Although the North American wind energy industry lags in key areas compared to Europe and Asia, falling costs and larger, more efficient turbines are helping give rise to a sense of cautious optimism....
Europe to Experience Five-Fold Growth in Installed Base of Smart Meters by 2017
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, European Smart Meter Markets, finds that the smart meter revenue in Europe is expected to grow from $318.4 million in 2010 to $1.93 billion in 2017 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.3 percent....
PJM Federal Filings Seek Transmission Planning Reform
PJM Interconnection today filed with the Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) two measures that emerged from its stakeholder process designed to reform the generation interconnection process and include public policy requirements in regional transmission planning....
China Social Electricity Use Likely to Hit 6.02 to 6.61 Trillion kWh by 2015
China's annual social electricity consumption is expected to hit 6.02 to 6.61 trillion kilowatt hours by 2015 with an average annual growth of 8.8 percent during 2011-2015, predicted China Electricity Council (CEC). ...
NIST Releases Final Smart Grid 'Framework 2.0' Document
An updated roadmap for the Smart Grid is now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which recently finished reviewing and incorporating public comments into the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0....
TXU Energy and City of Dallas Take Charge with Electric Vehicles in Dallas
They’re here. They’re powered. And, they’re free for a year. That’s what TXU Energy and the City of Dallas have to say about the two new electric vehicle charging stations that have just powered up at Dallas City Hall. ...
Numerous Stakeholders to Collaborate for a Successful Smart Grid Implementation
Investments in smart grid technologies peaked in 2010, exhibiting an astounding annual growth rate of 59.7 percent over 2009. ...
Jersey Central Power & Light to Invest Nearly $200 Million in 2012 to Enhance Customers' Service Reliability
Jersey Central Power & Light plans to invest nearly $200 million this year on projects designed to improve service reliability and help meet the increasing demand for electricity in northern and central New Jersey....
ITC, Kansas Utilities Sign Long-Term Co-Development Agreement for Transmission Projects in Kansas
ITC Great Plains LLC, Sunflower Electric Power Corp. and Mid-Kansas Electric Co., LLC have expanded their partnership agreement for the development of transmission projects in Kansas. ...
80 Percent of Michigan Residents Support Upgrading State's Power Lines To Create Jobs
Plans to upgrade Michigan/upper Midwest power lines that would create thousands of new high-paying jobs, save consumers money, and introduce more clean energy into the state are strongly supported by Michigan consumers....
The Philippines' ERC Orders Utilities to Install TOU Meters
The Philippines' Energy Regulatory Commission, on Feb. 9, posted on its website a Resolution directing distribution utilities in Luzon and Visayas to complete the installation of the time-of-use meters for qualified contestable electricity customers under the first phase of implementation of open access and retail competition (OARC). ...
ColumbiaGrid Board Approves Transmission Expansion Plan
The ColumbiaGrid board approved and adopted its 2012 Biennial Transmission Expansion Plan Update on February 15, 2012....
Central Maine Power Transmission Project Marks Milestone as Crews Set 1,000th Pole
Central Maine Power Co. marked a key milestone in its Maine Power Reliability Program last month. ...
Crews Repair Bonneville-Hood River Line
After spending two weeks battling mud, snow and ice in the steep terrain of the Columbia River Gorge, BPA line crews have repaired and re-energized the historic Bonneville-Hood River line....
624 Million Utility Customers Worldwide Will Use Social Media to Engage with Their Utilities by 2017
The explosive growth of social media has caused utility managers to rethink their customer relations strategies....
Dominion Virginia Power Working to Restore Service to Customers Affected By Winter Storm
Dominion Virginia Power crews have restored power to more than 30,000 of the 40,000 customers affected by the weekend snowstorm....
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