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FERC's Wellinghoff Details His Approach to Power Market Design
John Wellinghoff says the changing market will need ongoing, but shifting, regulation.
By Ron Gallagher • April 3, 2012 -
Diversification Dilemma: Power Industry Debates Portfolio Approach
The utility industry is pulled by competing approaches, one favoring flexibility, the other favoring planning that can underpin long-term infrastructure investment.
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 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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PJM Implements Changes in Compensation for Demand Response
PJM Interconnection implemented changes April 1 in the way demand response resources are paid
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2012 -
Conference Will Look at Power's Future in Texas
Utility executives and others will get together later this month in Texas to discuss power planning.
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2012 -
5 Great Lakes States, U.S. Have Pact on Offshore Wind
Five states and several federal agencies have a memorandum of understanding that is supposed to streamline development.
By Ron Gallagher • March 30, 2012 -
Energy Star Celebrates 20 Years of Energy Efficiency
The Energy Star label provides a simple way for consumers to identify energy-efficient products.
By Ron Gallagher • March 30, 2012 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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