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Green Mountain, Central Vermont get state's nod on merger
The companies will use Green Mountain's name as a subsidiary of Gaz Metro.
By Ron Gallagher • June 15, 2012 -
NRC cites one N-plant among abnormal events in FY 2011
The NRC lists 23 events involving radioactive materials in Fiscal 2011, but only one, at the Browns Ferry power plant, involved a utility.
By Ron Gallagher • June 13, 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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DOE conducting peer reviews for reliability and cyber-security programs
The Department of Energy will hold peer reviews for the Real Time Reliability Management program and the Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program this summer.
By Ron Gallagher • June 13, 2012 -
SCE says California nuclear plant likely offline through summer
The possibility of losing San Onofre's power during the summer months had weighed on recent projections about meeting demand.
By Ron Gallagher • June 12, 2012 -
Nuclear power partnership NuStart to disband
NuStart was funded by what was designed to be a 50-50 cost-shared program between the nuclear industry and the DOE.
By Ron Gallagher • June 12, 2012 -
Detroit will charge utilities for emergency-services costs
A new ordinance allows the city to recover costs it says it incurs for responses to incidents involving utility lines.
By Ron Gallagher • June 12, 2012 -
Entergy project restores nearly 3,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forests
Entergy partnered with The Conservation Fund and Trust for Public Land, which helped acquire the lands.
By Ron Gallagher • June 11, 2012 -
Guest post: Frenemies - Solar and natural gas will be central to energy policy
The reality is that meeting our energy needs will require fossil fuels and renewables not merely to co-exist, but to co-develop.
By Ron Gallagher • June 11, 2012 -
Getting California to 12,000 megawatts of distributed generation
The goal, set by Gov. Jerry Brown, will take a lot of rooftop solar, community wind and other sources that are not in place yet.
By Ron Gallagher • June 11, 2012 -
Duke, Progress head for final merger hurdle: State approval
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave its blessing late Friday, so the focus returns to regulators in the Carolinas.
By Ron Gallagher • June 11, 2012 -
Co-op rep: EPA off base on carbon rules
Mid-Atlantic G&T executive argues to Congress that carbon capture and storage are not certain to work.
By Ron Gallagher • June 11, 2012 -
Smart meters do not equal a smart grid
Meters look dumb when there is a problem somewhere back up the aging power infrastructure.
By Ron Gallagher • June 8, 2012 -
How the traditional regulatory process can inhibit grid modernization
A former regulator says the central issue is how utilities and regulators address innovation risk.
By Ron Gallagher • June 8, 2012 -
As deadline nears to seal a Duke-Progress deal, N.C. adds a new wrinkle
Legislation proposed in North Carolina would block the deal unless Progress coughs up $2 billion toward a public power agency's debt.
By Ron Gallagher • June 8, 2012 -
Data driving investment, scale in energy efficiency
New York City government got its agencies to shape up by putting the electric bills in their pockets.
By Ron Gallagher • June 7, 2012 -
Smart systems could cut energy use by up to 22%
A study says "intelligent efficiency" – looking at systems rather than devices – could chop demand 12 to 22%.
By Ron Gallagher • June 7, 2012 -
Unmanaged demand from EVs would mean a major problem for PJM
The head of the mid-Atlantic distribution manager says smart-grid direction is essential to handle millions of recharging cars and trucks.
By Ron Gallagher • June 7, 2012 -
Electric utility industry undergoing structural evolution
Black & Veatch's annual report notes that smart-grid data outpace companies' and customers' abilities to use them.
By Ron Gallagher • June 6, 2012 -
Residential survey shows household energy consumption continues downward
As the total residential use of energy remains even, more houses mean per-customer use is dropping.
By Ron Gallagher • June 6, 2012 -
Utility tests game-changing assessment technology
The goal of the PG&E pilot is to demonstrate how technology can support actions based on better energy information.
By Ron Gallagher • June 6, 2012 -
Tree-management lessons from October 2011 snow-storm
One issue investigators identified in a report just out was large, healthy trees falling onto lines from outside company rights of way.
By Ron Gallagher • June 6, 2012 -
DOE’s SunShot initiative now focusing on creative finance
SunShot hopes to make photovoltaic systems cost-competitive by 2020.
By Ron Gallagher • June 5, 2012 -
Survey: 'Structural evolution' under way in electric utility industry
Black & Veatch says new technology and regulatory shifts are impacting all aspects of the electric industry.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2012 -
Planning Faulted at TVA Watts Bar Nuke Project
The authority's inspector general laid the blame on deficiencies in project set-up and ineffective management oversight, and the authority said it agrees. It's asked the NRC for more time to finish.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2012 -
Calif. issues new energy standards for construction, effective in 2014
The state Energy Commission's standards aim to reduce energy consumption in commercial and residential buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • June 1, 2012
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