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492,000 without power after nor'easter
One week after Hurricane Sandy, a nor'easter initially left residents across six states without power.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 9, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Utility News of the Week: Chicago aggregation and Bill Johnson to TVA
Recharge your week's utility news reading with this week's most popular posts from Utility Dive.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 9, 2012 -
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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New York's governor blasts utilities for Sandy outages
The damage exposed a flawed structure among the state's utilities.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 9, 2012 -
West Virginia utility bills might be incorrect because of Sandy
The state's Public Service Commission has warned customers that the error is imminent.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 9, 2012 -
Chicago sets timeline for electric aggregation deal
The city laid out a plan for its switch to a new electricity supplier.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 9, 2012 -
Missouri utility will be permitted to charge for conservation losses
The charges come as a result of sales lost under a new energy efficiency program.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 9, 2012 -
Oklahoma Co-op chooses BTI Systems for smart grid solutions
BTI will deliver new services to its customers.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 9, 2012 -
Nor'easter brings 100,000 outages and record snow to the Northeast
New York's Central park and other areas received historic amounts of snowfall as outages now total as much as 700,000 in the region.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 8, 2012 -
Utility crews hope nor’easter doesn’t follow Sandy’s path
As the recovery continues, utilities are forced to prepare for another storm.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 8, 2012 -
More than 350,000 New Jersey residents still don’t have electricity
This number accounts only for outages associated with Sandy and doesn’t include any additional losses from the current nor’easter.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 8, 2012 -
Moody’s maintains New Jersey utility credit ratings despite Sandy restoration costs
The state’s two largest utilities will not have lower credit ratings as a result of the storm.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 8, 2012 -
PECO wraps up its Sandy recovery efforts
The Pennsylvania utility has finished almost all of its restoration work.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 8, 2012 -
Chicago votes to approve municipal aggregation
On Election Day, voters in Chicago decided to allow the city to find an alternate supplier of electricity.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 7, 2012 -
Nor'easter may delay power restoration in NJ
Depending on the strength of the impending storm, utility crews in New Jersey may be forced to temporarily suspend restoration efforts.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 7, 2012 -
Utility grid protection an issue following Sandy
The storm has called into question vulnerabilities of the grid.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 7, 2012 -
New Jersey’s governor warns utilities to ramp up their recovery efforts
Chris Christie has set a deadline for power restoration this week.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 7, 2012 -
Smart meter deployments continue to rise
The number of electrical customers with smart meters has risen in 2012.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 7, 2012 -
JCP&L has restored service to more than 900,000 customers affected by Sandy
The utility has restored at least 100,000 customers per day for five consecutive days.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 7, 2012 -
BPA helps eastern utilities with Sandy restoration efforts
The company has sent more than 100 personnel and contractors to help recovery efforts in New Jersey.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 7, 2012 -
Conn. power restoration passes 95% post-Sandy
Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating both hit their targets, passing 95% restoration by the beginning of this week.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 6, 2012 -
Study finds smart meter security risk with plaintext information
The researchers' finding may raise privacy concerns for some customers.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 6, 2012 -
Deep Dive
The top 10 states for energy expenditures per capita
Read up on the states with the highest energy expenditures per capita, where the power is coming from and why.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 6, 2012 -
New Jersey utility workers face tasks both big and small
Not every recovery job requires obvious utility work.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 6, 2012 -
KC Electric finalizing installation of advanced communication network
The network will serve about 4,000 residential members in Colorado.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 6, 2012 -
Southern Co. earnings rise despite falling revenue
Lower operation and maintenance costs were able to offset reduced electricity sales.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 6, 2012
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