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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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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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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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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.
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Utility Business

EEI President & CEO Dan Brouillette Announces Departure

Oct. 28, 2024
EEI will be led by interim President & CEO Pat Vincent-Collawn while the Board of Directors conducts a comprehensive national search for a permanent replacement.
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CenterPoint Saw Data Center Demand ‘Dramatically Change’ Over Summer

Oct. 28, 2024
The booming sector's potential energy needs in the company’s pipeline have grown about eightfold since late June.
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Utility Business

AEP, PUCO Staff Agree on Data Center Rate Plan

Oct. 25, 2024
Data center operators had proposed paying 75% of their projected monthly energy needs. The compromise now up for approval is closer to AEP’s original 90% proposal.
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Utility Business

Manufacturer Secures Self-Certification for Compliance with BABA Requirements

Oct. 23, 2024
AFL plans to continue expanding its portfolio of compliant products to support broadband infrastructure projects across the U.S.