Utilities should view cybersecurity as a core requirement

With the emergence of the smart grid, utilities have largely failed to address cybersecurity issues, focusing instead on the cost savings and efficiency gains of a market-oriented model, according to ABI Research.

By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013

Standby power company expanding business in Wisconsin

Kohler Co., a provider of complete power systems, monitoring controls and energy-management applications, announced that it is expanding its Global Power business at three locations in Wisconsin.

By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013

Former EPA administrator to work for Apple

Lisa Jackson, former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is now working for Apple Inc. to oversee the computer company’s environmental policies.

By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013

Ameren Illinois to spend $330mn to improve natural gas infrastructure

Ameren Illinois will invest $330 million over the next 10 years to improve the integrity, safety and reliability of the natural gas delivery system and create 150 new jobs in central and southern Illinois.

By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013

Natural gas gensets among least expensive DG technology

Natural gas generator sets, which use internal combustion engines for distributed power generation, are among the fastest-selling and least expensive distributed generation (DG) technologies in the world. In fact, annual worldwide installations of natural gas gensets will surpass 13 GW of capa...

By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013

Oklahoma utilities get EEI props

Four U.S. electric companies have been nominated by a committee of energy trade publication editors for some impressive projects.

By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013

Regulators approve PPL infrastructure fee

Pennsylvania energy regulators have cleared PPL Electric Utilities to implement a new cost recovery fee to pay for upgrades to the utility's distribution system.

By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013

Con Edison investing millions to tackle "new normal"

Con Edison is outlining its plans to invest $1 billion on storm protection measures over the next four years, including major investments to protect its underground and overhead energy delivery systems, which will help limit power outages and speed service restoration to customers.

By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013

Money where your mouth is department: NY funds major transmission upgrades

The New York Power Authority plans to spend $30 million to upgrade its transmission system in central and northern New York. We hope the upgrade initiative will encourage other jurisdictions to do the same.

By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013

Court rules against planned coal-fired power plant

The D.C. Circuit Court dismissed an appeal by Sunflower Electric of a ruling requiring environmental review of a planned coal-fired power plant in Kansas.

By Linda Cui • May 28, 2013

Sen. Boxer demands DOJ probe of SONGS after leaked letter surfaces

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is seeing a Department of Justice probe into Southern California Edison over the faulty parts problems that have plagued the San Onofre nuclear facility.

By Linda Cui • May 28, 2013

SSE Taps Accenture For Help With Retail And Smart Grid Efforts

SSE, an electricity and gas company operating mainly in the U.K. and Ireland, has selected Accenture to help with the Retail Transformation Program, which focuses [...]

By Linda Cui • May 28, 2013

PG&E, Energy Commission Unveil Battery Energy Storage In San Jose

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and the California Energy Commission have unveiled an innovative battery energy storage system pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid.

By Linda Cui • May 28, 2013

Microgrids: Looking more like friends than enemies

Overcoming competition from microgrids is vital to utilities' future.

By Malena Amusa • May 28, 2013

Nevada Senate kicks out coal; 3 coal plants to close

Nevada's Senate can't bear entering 2020 with robust coal power.

By Malena Amusa • May 24, 2013

Retail solar co. fights utility bills in New Mexico

Currently, 75% of Americans have access to solar energy through a lease.

By Malena Amusa • May 24, 2013

Good news: New York's got the capacity it needs for summer

Meanwhile, NYISO predicts that peak demand will be higher than 2012.

By Brian Warmoth • May 22, 2013

NRG to shuts its 352MW oil plant in CT due to unfavorable economics

Hard market conditions has forced NRG to shutter its Norwalk Harbor power plant.

By Malena Amusa • May 22, 2013

Solar demand on the rise from Georgia Power

Georgia Power’s current solar goals aren’t bold enough to meet increasing demands.

By Malena Amusa • May 22, 2013

Xcel advances biomass demo project in Colo.

The power provider wants to understand the potential for biomass.

By Davide Savenije • May 21, 2013

Feds delay San Onofre nuclear restart decision indefinitely

The delay is only the latest in a series of delayed decision dates from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

By Davide Savenije • May 20, 2013

Most Read Utility News of the Week: Obama, startups and ABB

Head into the weekend better informed about what everyone else on Utility Dive was reading this week.

By Brian Warmoth • May 17, 2013

NextEra's energy future to star more solar power

The mega wind and nuclear power generator will add 70MW of solar to its coiffeurs.

By Malena Amusa • May 17, 2013

NRG will shut down coal plant to end lawsuit

401MW of coal generation will go offline in Pennsylvania to settle an environmental suit. 

By Malena Amusa • May 16, 2013

Radioactive discharge at Duke nuclear plant

More than 100 gallons of radioactive water leaked at the South Carolina plant.

By Malena Amusa • May 16, 2013