Demand for renewables driving Europe's T&D market growth

The race to integrate renewables is causing Europe to dramatically revamp its transmission networks, according to a new report.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 16, 2013

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

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AI in the Power Sector

Artificial intelligence is uniquely positioned to impact the electricity industry from both ends: as the technology driving large load demand growth and as a tool with the potential to make the power system more efficient. 

By Utility Dive staff

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

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

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

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

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