Regulation & Policy: Page 385


  • New Technology Can Improve Power System Efficiency, Reliability

    Phasor measurement units provide a new way to monitor the grid.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 30, 2012
  • Susquehanna-Roseland Power Line Wins National Park Service Backing

    The National Park Service has chosen the sponsoring utilities's planned route from Berwick, Pa., to Roseland, N.J., as the agency's preferred alternative in an environmental impact statement.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 29, 2012
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    Top 5 Stories from Utility Dive

    Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

    By Utility Dive staff
  • APPA Says New EPA Regulations Will Kill Coal

    The American Public Power Association argues that the proposal contradicts President Obama's announced "all of the above" energy strategy.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 29, 2012
  • Illinois Group Fighting 'Subsidy' for Tenaska Energy Plant Proposal

    Eight large businesses sent lawmakers a letter saying that $12 billion bill to support the project inTaylorville is a bad deal.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 29, 2012
  • Charlotte, N.C., Uses Smart Buildings for Greener Future

    The Envision Charlotte effort in the city's business district has major corporate backing.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 28, 2012
  • PSEG Comments on EPA Power Plant Carbon Standards

    CEO Ralph Izzo says the proposed standard gives the industry "a logical and modest standard."

    By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2012
  • EPA Proposes Strict Limits on Coal Plants

    The EPA today proposed greenhouse-gas rules that would effectively bar coal-fired generation.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2012
  • ANSI Meeting April 25 on Energy Efficiency Standards

    Given the importance of energy efficiency in a range of issues, standardization is becoming necessary.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2012
  • California ISO Green-lights 30 Transmission Projects

    The operator's 2011-12 plan says that projects in the pipeline will meet the goal of 33% renewable by 2020.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2012
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    Mega-merger of Carolina-based Utilities Is on a Tight Timeline

    Progress and Duke's request for June 8 federal approval is driven by a July 8 deadline to complete the deal.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2012
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    Duke and Progress Give FERC Market Power Mitigation Plan

    The submission expands on what the utilities, which want to merge, gave North Carolina regulators in February.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 26, 2012
  • 'The Path to Advanced Asset Management:' The SGN Webinar

    Smart Grid News has posted all the slides and a link to each panelist's presentation from the March 20 webinar in its "Lessons from the Real World" series.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 26, 2012
  • MISO Experts Address Importance of Wind in Transmission Portfolios

    The Midwest Independent System Operator's president says it is committed to using reliable wind power.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 23, 2012
  • Calif. Approves SCE Plan to Sell Its Four Corners Share

    The company arranged the deal four years ahead of a state deadline to be out of coal-fired power.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 23, 2012
  • Pa. Regulators Prepare Final Electric Market Deregulation

    In a deregulated market, 36% of businesses have changed suppliers to reduce power costs.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 22, 2012
  • Smart Grids and Competitive Markets

    It's not yet clear how consumers will respond to information, and some fear the effects of dynamic pricing.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 21, 2012
  • Reactions to the China Solar Tariff Verdict

    Here's what U.S. and Chinese makers and U.S. groups think of the Commerce Department's decision.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 20, 2012
  • Wind Rush 2012: An AOL Energy White Paper

    The wind energy business is no longer a fringe activity for environmentalists. It has become a multibillion-dollar behemoth.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 18, 2012
  • Canada's Bruce Power to Start up Unit 2 Nuclear Reactor

    The move marks the end of a nearly 20-year shutdown of the 750 MW generator.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 16, 2012
  • Dry Sorbent Injection Can Help Power Plants Meet MATS

    DSI, combined with scrubbers, will let plants meet the MATS for HCl and other acid gases. the EIA says.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 16, 2012
  • PJM Achieved Competitive Results, Annual Report Shows

    The determination comes from the organization's independent market monitor, Monitoring Analytics.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 16, 2012
  • Energy Star's Anniversary; Texas Electricity Price Caps

    A roundup of news developments of note for the electric power industry.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 15, 2012
  • Proper Risk Management Could Save Trillions

    Simply managing inherent risks could go a long way toward bettering things, a consulting company says.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 15, 2012
  • NU, NSTAR Jump Another Merger Hurdle

    They reached agreement with the Connecticut attorney general and Office of Consumer Council.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 15, 2012
  • FERC Accepts New Enforcement Mechanism for Reliability Standards

    North American Electric Reliability Corp.had proposed using informational filings for minor issues.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 15, 2012