Demand response everywhere: Who is ready, and who needs to be?

Utility Dive interviewed Dan Delurey, the executive director of the Association for Demand Response and Smart Grid, on how demand response impacts utilities. 

By Davide Savenije • May 28, 2013

SoCal Edison’s high-voltage lines must go underground, residents demand

Health, safety and property values are residents’ top concerns. But will the utility budge?

By Malena Amusa • May 28, 2013

Explore the Trendline➔

Electricity Supply and Demand

After nearly two decades of flat demand, U.S. electricity consumption reached an all-time high in 2024 and is expected to continue rising. This trendline brings together the best of Utility Dive’s coverage of emerging trends in supply and demand and the decisions being made today that will impact the power system for years to come. 

By Utility Dive staff

AT&T rescues Midwest utility struggling to roll out smart meters

Want to deploy smart meters? Call AT&T, the latest smart grid player

By Malena Amusa • May 28, 2013

Deregulated utilities create a choatic 'new normal', a T&D editor argues

Adequate generation and transmission resources are a thing of the past, argues Vito Longo, T&D tech editor.

By Malena Amusa • May 24, 2013

ConEdison and Sempra embark on 150MW solar partnership

The partnership will join PG&E in a 20-year purchase agreement.

By Malena Amusa • May 22, 2013

PSE&G to move 20 miles of power lines underground

The utility’s ‘Strong Energy’ plans are a direct response to Superstorm Sandy.

By Malena Amusa • May 21, 2013

OGE examines impact of devastating Oklahoma tornado

All the facts aren’t in yet, but OGE has called for outside utilities to help restore power.

By Malena Amusa • May 21, 2013

SCOTUS sides with PPL in IRS dispute over tax credits

The utility can now proceed to claim $39 million in U.S. foreign tax credits.

By Brian Warmoth • May 20, 2013

Thousands without power, 1 dead, after tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska

Sunday's severe storms battered homes and power lines.

By Malena Amusa • May 20, 2013

Most Read Utility News of the Week: Obama, startups and ABB

Head into the weekend better informed about what everyone else on Utility Dive was reading this week.

By Brian Warmoth • May 17, 2013

Deadly tornadoes leave 20,000 without power in Texas

Tornadoes hitting North Texas have left six people dead and thousands without power.

By Malena Amusa • May 16, 2013

DC, Pepco push $1B power line burial project

Pepco and D.C. are ready to spend big to bolster the grid against future storms.

By Malena Amusa • May 16, 2013

6 smart grid startups to watch in 2013

From smart grid data analytics to energy efficiency products, these startups are making big waves in the energy space.

By Malena Amusa • May 15, 2013

How utilities are investing in the smart grid

A new survey reveals where utilities' smart grid investment priorities are.

By Davide Savenije • May 15, 2013

A new breed of electricity middleman?

Data centers are becoming a "kind of wildcat power utility."

By Davide Savenije • May 14, 2013

How the biggest U.S. utilities are planning for the future

Utility CEOs like Duke Energy's Jim Rogers reveal what they're thinking as they look forward.

By Malena Amusa • May 13, 2013

Most Read: The Fortune 500, transactive energy and marijuana growers

The biggest headlines of week, all in one place.

By Davide Savenije • May 10, 2013

What did Obama say in secret meeting with utility execs?

Tom Kuhn, President of the Edison Electric Institute, spills some of the beans.

By Davide Savenije • May 10, 2013

Obama meets privately with utility CEOs

The meeting itself was no secret, but the press was not allowed in.

By Davide Savenije • May 9, 2013

Survey: Utilities feeling disruptive challenges of evolving grid

Annual survey reveals where utilities are investing money and solutions the most.

By Malena Amusa • May 9, 2013

FirstEnergy's hydro assets for sale in debt-relief plan

FirstEnergy will shed up to 1,240MW of hydro assets.

By Malena Amusa • May 8, 2013

ISO warns Southern California about grid reliability this summer

Power plant outages and heat waves may disrupt the electric grid.

By Malena Amusa • May 7, 2013

The top 25 utilities on this year's Fortune 500

Fortune Magazine announced its annual ranking of Fortune 500 companies.

By Davide Savenije • May 6, 2013

10 clean energy venture capitalists to follow on Twitter

These venture capitalists and firms can be valuable sources of information in the growing green energy sector.

By Roger Riddell • May 6, 2013

The sudden rise of transactive energy—and how utilities can accelerate it

The time to learn about transactive energy is now.

By Malena Amusa • May 6, 2013