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National Grid to invest $1.6B in N.Y. grid
The utility’s 3-year spending plan will modernize and replace old assets.
By Malena Amusa • Aug. 15, 2013 -
China, CTC Global to build next-gen transmission line
CTC’s composite carbon-and-glass materials will make transmission lines lighter, more heat resistant and less prone to line loss than steel-core cables.
By Malena Amusa • Aug. 15, 2013 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineGrid Resiliency
Utilities and grid operators are facing increasing threats from climate change as well as cyber and physical attacks, and are deploying a variety of responses to meet the rising challenges.
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Deep Dive
Electric vehicle integration: 6 best practices for utilities
Southern California Edison is preparing for 350,000 EVs in its territory by 2020—are you?
By Davide Savenije • Aug. 14, 2013 -
Construction on Xcel’s $185M Texas-to-Oklahoma power line is now underway
The line will connect customers to cheaper power supplies outside the region and improve transmission reliability and capacity.
By Malena Amusa • Aug. 14, 2013 -
Despite threats and gunshots, tree trimming prevents outages
Tree-trimming is working despite protestors’ best efforts.
By Malena Amusa • Aug. 13, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Making the case for grid investment: 6 insights from the White House’s new report
On Monday, the Executive Office of the President issued a report titled “Economic Benefits of Increasing Electric Grid Resilience to Weather Outages.” Here’s what you need to know.
By Davide Savenije • Aug. 12, 2013 -
Grid more vulnerable, flexible 10 years after North America’s largest blackout
In the years since, the grid has come under threat from new stressors, despite the fact that grid maintenance spending is at an all time high.
By Malena Amusa • Aug. 12, 2013 -
Entergy, ITC Holdings withdraw merger application
Despite the move, the companies reportedly plan to refile the application with the Texas Public Utility Commission at a later date.
By Davide Savenije • Aug. 9, 2013 -
Politicians hit brakes on move to kick Xcel out of Minneapolis
An exchange of letters between Xcel’s Northern States Power Company - Minnesota CEO and Minneapolis’ mayor resulted in a truce as the city and utility look to work together—at least for now.
By Davide Savenije • Aug. 9, 2013 -
Smart meters and customer satisfaction: This week’s most read utility news
Here’s how you can get up caught on the most important and interesting stories in the utility industry.
By Davide Savenije • Aug. 9, 2013 -
FERC slashes New England utilities’ transmission returns
Earnings paid to electric transmission owners are too high and one FERC judge is out to change that.
By Malena Amusa • Aug. 8, 2013 -
Deep Dive
ENBALA CEO: Real-time demand management is just much more effective
Utility Dive interviewed ENBALA Power Networks CEO Ron Dizy on the powerful alternative to traditional demand response.
By Davide Savenije • Aug. 7, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Customer engagement—the secret sauce to solving dissatisfaction?
Dive Insight: Awareness and participation are key to keeping utility customers satisfied, as these recent J.D. Power findings show.
By Davide Savenije • Aug. 6, 2013 -
ETT energizes first power line in $1.5B wind transmission project
The project is part of the $1.5B initiative to carry 18,500MW of wind power from West Texas to eastern load centers in ERCOT.
By Malena Amusa • Aug. 6, 2013 -
Unions and businesses unite against Minneapolis municipal utilities
A number of private citizens also sided against abandoning the city’s longtime utility and corporate citizen Xcel Energy.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 2, 2013 -
Synchrophasor tech and LIPA: The week’s most read utility news
Find out what everyone else was reading about on the site this week.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 2, 2013 -
Xcel CEO: We’ll be Minneapolis’ utility for another 100 years
CEO Ben Fowke spoke to investment analysts Thursday as the city council held a hearing on a proposed municipal utility.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 1, 2013 -
Minneapolis holds public hearing on municipal utility
The issue could go to ballots in November.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 1, 2013 -
ComEd spared penalty for missing reliability target
In 2012, ComEd’s outage response improved but fell short, the utility reported.
By Malena Amusa • Aug. 1, 2013 -
Ohio’s FirstEnergy may be required to pay millions in renewables rebates
The utility allegedly overpaid for renewable energy credits and passed millions in costs on to consumers.
By Roger Riddell • July 31, 2013 -
Kan. wind initiatives need more power lines
A lack of high energy lines to deliver power from remote wind farms is holding back Kansas’ efforst to become the “Saudi Arabia of Wind.”
By Roger Riddell • July 31, 2013 -
Low customer interest derails N.H. utility’s green energy rate program
The program allowed customers to pay higher rates to support renewable energy.
By Roger Riddell • July 30, 2013 -
Samsung SDI partners with S&C Electric on U.K. power storage solution
The project is part of Britain’s efforts to prepare for wind and solar plants.
By Roger Riddell • July 29, 2013 -
Minn. farmers suing utilities over ‘stray voltage’
The farmers say stray voltage from damaged lines is killing their herds and hurting business.
By Roger Riddell • July 29, 2013 -
Xcel likely to move HQ from Minneapolis if city forms municipal utility
The company’s 20-year franchise agreement with the city expires at the end of 2014.
By Roger Riddell • July 26, 2013
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