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Michigan report recommends smart meter opt-out choice
June 29 report looks at smart meter adoption and perceptions to recommend regulatory action.
By Brian Warmoth • July 9, 2012 -
Con Edison removes power outage updates from website
Con Ed. representative says violent union protestors are the reason the utility can no longer provide power outage information to the public.
By Lindsey Smith • July 9, 2012 -
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TrendlineData Centers and the US Grid
A look at how data centers are affecting the U.S. grid today and how new technologies and rate structures could affect that trajectory in the years to come.
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Duke's Rogers to testify as merger fallout riles regulators
North Carolina regulators and the state attorney general are taking a hard look at the Duke Energy-Progress Energy merger.
By Ron Gallagher • July 9, 2012 -
Smart grid needs smart pricing to benefit companies and customers
Demand is up, everyone wants to find ways to save, but 99% of U.S. customers are on flat-rate pricing.
By Ron Gallagher • July 6, 2012 -
Con Ed asks court to stop protests by locked-out workers
The utility wants a state Supreme Court judge to order union picketers to stop interfering.
By Lindsey Smith • July 6, 2012 -
Most Read Utility News of the Week: Bill Johnson leaving Duke, Con Ed and Dominion
The Duke-Progess merger, post-storm power restoration and Con Ed's union negotiations topped our audience's reading lists this week. See if you missed anything after the jump.
By Brian Warmoth • July 6, 2012 -
Georgia Power begins growth of solar with 19-MW plan
Georgia Power has a deal to install 19 MW of solar capacity as it moves to fulfill its pledge to the state.
By Ron Gallagher • July 6, 2012 -
New report puts Johnson's payout for Duke departure at up to $44.7 million
Bloomberg News says that Bill Johnson may get more than four times what had been reported.
By Ron Gallagher • July 6, 2012 -
Surprise CEO switch at merged Duke Energy is causing headaches
Standard & Poor's put the country's newest and largest utility on credit watch because of worries about internal stability after CEO Jim Johnson's sudden resignation.
By Ron Gallagher • July 6, 2012 -
Maryland Public Service Commission to review utility reports after power is restored
Maryland's Public Service Commission chair explains what regulators will look at after a million customers in the state lost power.
By Brian Warmoth • July 5, 2012 -
Outgoing NRC head Jaczko says no nuclear license renewals 'for a few years'
In his final news conference as chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko said the NRC may not be able to renew licenses for operating nuclear plants for "a few years" because of a federal court ruling, but the practical impact of this will be limited.
By Ron Gallagher • July 5, 2012 -
EPA grants 90-day stay for San Juan station in N.M.
The EPA and the state came up with separate air-quality plans for PNM's plant.
By Ron Gallagher • July 3, 2012 -
Energy Storage Pioneer: An Exclusive Look into the Fall and Rise of Beacon Power
The political climate generated by the collapse of Solyndra last year had a "profound impact" on the US pioneer in energy storage, the former chief executive said yesterday.In exclusive comments to AOL Energy at the Energy Storage Week Summit in San Jose, California, Bill Capp, the f...
By Lindsey Smith • July 2, 2012 -
Co-ops' group tells EPA its carbon regs have legal flaws
The National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association says proposed greenhouse gas rules make invalid assumptions about gas availability and carbon capture.
By Ron Gallagher • July 2, 2012 -
Idaho PUC, solar developer at odds on who owns development credits
A solar developer says federal law gives it development credits and that Idaho is taking them, but the state says that's reading the law wrong.
By Ron Gallagher • June 29, 2012 -
Texas wholesale electricity price cap hike approved
The Texas Public Utility Commission votes to raise the state's wholesale electricity price cap by 50%.
By Brian Warmoth • June 29, 2012 -
N.C. says Duke-Progress merger will keep jobs in the state
The industry is shifting, and having the two North Carolina companies form the nation's biggest utility, based in Charlotte, is better than one merging with a company from elsewhere, the state Utilities Commission said.
By Ron Gallagher • June 29, 2012 -
Duke-Progress merger approved in North Carolina
N.C. Utilities Commission clears the way for Duke Energy and Progress Energy to join by July 1, creating the country's largest electric utility.
By Brian Warmoth • June 29, 2012 -
3 Duke Energy stories to watch
The Motley Fool breaks down three big stories that are currently unfolding for one of the country's largest electrical utilities.
By Brian Warmoth • June 29, 2012 -
EPA beats industry, states in greenhouse gas regulation lawsuit
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, energy industry allies and several state attorneys general lost a challenge to the EPA's power to regulate greenhouse gases and its reasons for doing so.
By Ron Gallagher • June 28, 2012 -
Most Read Utility News of the Week: Nest thermostats, mobile apps and coal
Catch up with this week's most popular news in our five most popular news posts of the week. You might see something you missed.
By Brian Warmoth • June 28, 2012 -
Wholesale Texas electricity rates may rise
A vote by the Texas Public Utility Commission is expected to take place Thursday and could raise prices starting on Aug. 1.
By Brian Warmoth • June 28, 2012 -
New group vows to challenge utility interests in Washington
A collection of non-profit groups says it will mount efforts against what it claims is undue utility-industry influence on American energy policy.
By Ron Gallagher • June 28, 2012 -
NRG Energy turbine trips, ramps back up following record power use
An 831-megawatt turbine at NRG Energy Inc.'s Limestone coal-fired power plant came back online Wednesday in the wake of record-setting Texas energy demand.
By Brian Warmoth • June 27, 2012 -
U.S. appeals court says challenge over Vermont nuclear plant was late
The state and the New England Coalition missed opportunities to appeal Entergy Corp.'s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant license and permits.
By Brian Warmoth • June 27, 2012
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