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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 -
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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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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 -
Indiana’s NIPSCO files for $1B electrical upgrade project
The multi-year project will replace hundreds of transmission lines and 75 substation transformers.
By Malena Amusa • July 26, 2013 -
Deep Dive
How Britain's new royal baby caused an 800MW demand drop
National Grid explained why Prince George's arrival turned out to be so significant.
By Malena Amusa • July 26, 2013 -
Man sues Entergy Texas for $1M over backyard electrical shock
The lawsuit doesn't state what Fernando Ponce was doing when the alleged shock occurred.
By Roger Riddell • July 25, 2013 -
Deep Dive
How to make utility customers insanely happy
Experts and a new study from J.D. Power contribute some excellent recommendations for what utilities should focus on to satisfy their customers.
By Malena Amusa • July 25, 2013
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