DOE Announces Funding to Help Consumers Manage Energy Consumption
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that up to $8 million in funding will be made available to encourage utilities, local governments, and communities to create programs that empower consumers to better manage their electricity use through improved access to their own electricity consumption data....
Energy Storage Groups Join Forces
The Electricity Storage Association has signed agreements to work with industry groups in three states--California, New York and Texas. ...
Growth in Customer Solar Power Installations Poses Significant Challenges for the Electric Grid
The increased penetration of solar energy installations by residential and commercial property owners and large-scale solar energy developers could undermine the reliability, safety and quality of power supply on the electric grid for utilities that do not plan for it, according to a new Accenture study. ...
U.S. Department of Energy to Fund Major Offshore Wind Grid Interconnection Study
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that it is providing funding for a team of energy organizations to perform a broad study that will assess the most promising sites for high offshore wind production along all of the U.S. coastal regions....
KEMA Partners with NorthWestern Energy for Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project
KEMA will partner with NorthWestern Energy to connect approximately 200 Montana utility customers to the smart grid, as part of the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project....
Westar Sends Crews To Help After Freak Snowstorm
Westar Energy in Topeka, Kansas, received a call for assistance from Western Massachusetts Electric, a Northeast Utilities company, near Springfield, Massachusetts....
Experimental Power Grid Facility Opens in Singapore
The Experimental Power Grid Centre, one of the largest experimental power grid facilities in the world, was officially opened in Singapore yesterday by S. Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade & Industry. ...
Pepco Company Answers the Call From Neighboring Utilities for Storm Restoration Assistance
Pepco Holdings, Inc. on Sunday sent a large contingent of personnel to other utilities to assist in the massive storm restoration effort in the aftermath of the first major winter storm of the season. ...
Entergy's Louisiana Utilities File Formal Request with Public Service Commission to Join MISO
With an eye on meeting the future energy needs of their customers, Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. have filed a joint application with the Louisiana Public Service Commission seeking to join the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc....
PSE&G Restores Service to More Than 90 Percent Affected by October Snowstorm
Public Service Electric and Gas Co. has reported that it is making steady progress restoring power to the more than 500,000 customers affected by Saturday's wet, heavy snow that brought down numerous trees and power lines. ...
Met-Ed Makes Restoration Progress Following Severe Snowstorm
Crews from Metropolitan Edison Co. and other FirstEnergy utilities continued making progress to restore service to customers who experienced outages caused by the heavy, wet snow that covered its 13-county Pennsylvania service area this past weekend. ...
Dominion Virginia Power Proposes Community Solar Power Program
Dominion Virginia Power, in continuing its exploration of alternative energy technologies, wants to lease rooftops and grounds of commercial businesses and public facilities for electricity-generating solar panels. ...
Crews Restore Service to Nearly 300,000 Customers Following Worst October Storm in PECO History
Following four days of 12 to 16 hour, around-the-clock shifts, PECO crews had restored service yesterday to nearly all customers affected by the weekend’s unseasonable wintery weather. ...
Jersey Central Power & Light's Restoration Efforts Continue Following Severe Snowstorm
Crews from Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) and other FirstEnergy utilities continue to restore service and assess the damage caused by the heavy, wet snow that covered parts of its northern New Jersey service area this weekend. ...
ABB Wins $50 Million Order to Make Quebec’s Grid More Energy Efficient
Hydro-Québec will upgrade vital components of its ultra-high voltage transmission system that helps transport clean hydroelectric power from North to South Quebec....
Illinois General Assembly Enacts Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act
The General Assembly today enacted the Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act, setting in motion a $2.6 billion investment by ComEd to strengthen and modernize the state's electric grid. ...
Silicon Valley Industry and Government Leaders Announce New Report on Economic Impact of Smart Grid
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group, city of San Jose and Pacific Gas and Electric Co., co-chairs of the Silicon Valley Smart Grid Task Force launched in 2010, announced the findings of a new economic analysis of smart grid innovation and deployment, conducted by Collaborative Economics. ...
TVA Rolls Out Redesigned EnergyRight Solutions Website
As part of its observance of October as National Energy Awareness Month, the Tennessee Valley Authority on Tuesday announced that its EnergyRight Solutions energy efficiency website has been redesigned and is now live at www.EnergyRight.com. ...
Wind Energy Sets New Record in Texas
The American Wind Energy Association released the following statement from Michael Goggin, manager of Transmission Policy, commenting on the news that wind turbines in the service territory of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas set a new output record on Oct. 7...
ISO New England Releases Regional Power Grid Look-Ahead
ISO New England Inc. has released the 2011 Regional System Plan, a comprehensive report on New England’s electric power system, including progress to date, an outline of transmission upgrades and resource additions needed to provide a reliable supply of electricity, and challenges and opportunities facing the region through 2020. ...
FERC Sets New Compensation Method for Regulation Service
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) acted today to remedy undue discrimination and ensure just and reasonable rates for providers of a service that organized wholesale power market operators use to balance supply and demand and ensure the reliability of their systems. ...
Utility Consumer Engagement Improving: SGCC Study
A Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative report examining the deployment and consumer acceptance of smart grid programs from more than 20 U.S. electric utilities, representing more than 10 million smart meters deployed, shows a marked shift in utility consumer engagement efforts....
FERC Reaffirms Approval of Midwest ISO Transmission Planning Process
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has reaffirmed its approval of a proposal by the Midwest regional wholesale power market operator to plan and pay for transmission additions that provide benefits to consumers in the region....
Investment in Smart Transmission and Distribution Technologies in Asia Pacific to Total $123 Billion by 2017
Cumulative revenue from transmission upgrades alone will total $93 billion between 2010 and 2017. ...
Exelon, Constellation Strengthen Merger Proposal
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) and Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) today filed rebuttal testimony with the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) that strengthens the companies' commitments related to the proposed merger, which is currently under review by the PSC. ...
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