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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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    AEP Bumps Five-Year Capital Plan By 25%+

    Nov. 6, 2024
    The company’s commercial load growth topped 10% during the third quarter and that growth rate is expected to double next year.
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    Xcel Ramps Up Sales Growth Outlook

    Nov. 4, 2024
    Customers in the data center and energy sectors are helping drive the stronger forecast, which executives think could hit 8% in 2028.
    Quanta Services Inc.
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    Mitsubishi, Quanta, Private-Equity Player Add to Transformer Investment Boom

    Oct. 31, 2024
    New York firm Mill Point has acquired two businesses from Pioneer Power Solutions and ERMCO to launch an electrical products manufacturer called Voltaris.
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    Utility projects backed by GRIP include strengthening transmission lines with steel towers in areas that are heavily wooded and prone to fallen limbs.
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    Energizing the Grid: Insights into the DOE’s GRIP Program

    Oct. 30, 2024
    Navigating federal funding opportunities for grid modernization under the GRIP program requires developers to balance rapid timelines with complex application demands.