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    DOE Announces Additional $2 Billion To Protect The Grid Against Growing Threats of Extreme Weather, Expand Transmission

    Oct. 24, 2024
    Thirty-eight projects across 42 states will upgrade more than 950 miles of transmission, increase grid capacity for growing electricity demand, and deliver jobs as part of the...
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    IEEE PES Show Update

    Collaboration Remains Key for Utility Industry, say IEEE Attendees

    May 15, 2024
    Industry business models, new regulation and improving T&D technologies are all parts of the puzzle.
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    Utility Business

    Duke Energy Promotes Customer Experience Leader to President

    March 15, 2024
    The utility also has shuffled some other executives’ roles as 44-year company veteran Steve Young prepares to retire.
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    Utility Business

    Millions of Californians Getting up to $170 ‘Climate Credit’ on April Utility Bills

    March 12, 2024
    The amount of payment does vary from utility to utility.
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    CenterPoint Energy Seeks Cost Recovery for Power Grid Safety, Reliability Upgrades

    March 11, 2024
    The request is estimated to result in an average increase of less than 1% of a customer's total bill.
    Panasonic Energy of North America
    A Panasonic EV battery plant west of Kansas City is among the drivers of demand growth in Evergy's territories.
    Utility Business

    Evergy Executives Lift Their Rate Base Growth Forecast

    March 3, 2025
    Industrial growth is expected to be 5% this year and the company’s five-year capex budget has grown to $17.5 billion.
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    Utility Business

    Edison International CEO Says Lawmakers Need to Respond Quickly to Wildfire Fund Worries

    Feb. 28, 2025
    Pedro Pizarro said it’s too early to talk specifics but lauded ideas about broader insurance reforms and building codes, among other things.
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    Utility Business

    ERCOT Board Approves to Proceed Finalizing CenterPoint Energy’s Emergency Generation Proposal

    Feb. 27, 2025
    The average Houston Electric customer using 1,000 kWh/month will witness a reduction in bills of an estimated $2/month related to the transaction by 2027.
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    Overhead Transmission

    PJM Aims for $6 Billion in Transmission Projects Across Eastern States

    Feb. 27, 2025
    The companies will develop the projects through the recently formed Valley Link Transmission Company LLC joint venture.