Duke Energy turned some heads with the unveiling of its new corporate logo. If you didn't get a chance to see it for yourself, color swaps and all, have a look below. It was one of the week's five most popular posts from the Utility Dive news feed:
- Duke Energy's new logo replaces red and black with blues and green—The company's new logo redesign follows its July merger with Progress Energy.
- Utility Dive's top 12 smart grid, metering and tech lists of the summer—Utility Dive has been watching smart grid and other tech trends all summer long, and these are the most popular features to emerge over the last few months.
- FirstEnergy announces 200 job cuts—The cuts come as the company expects to see its workforce continue to shrink over the next year.
- Oregon man refuses to allow smart meter installation, ready to give up electricity—The Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative will likely shut off 67-year-old Ron Edge's power if he refuses to accept a new smart meter, and he's stockpiling resources to prepare.
- SDG&E teams with Alarm.com for smart thermostat program—The California utility will test the viability of leveraging existing smart thermostat installations.
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