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Local Florida officials approve smart meter opt-out fee
City officials unanimously approved a monthly fee for Lakeland Electric customers who don’t want new meters.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 6, 2012 -
Isle of Wight to be self-sufficient by 2020, claims Ecoisland
By using a combination of smart energy sources, the Isle of Wight aims to become the prototype for what the future of energy could look like.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 5, 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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80% of Con Ed customers have power restored, utility says
The utility company is worried that restoration efforts will be hindered by another storm due on Wednesday.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 5, 2012 -
Xcel invests in new transmission lines across Texas Panhandle
The effort is designed to boost reliability and capacity in the Texas Panhandle.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 5, 2012 -
Utilities under fire as 1.9 million still lack power after Sandy
Pressure is mounting for utilities to restore power in some of the storm’s hardest-hit areas.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 5, 2012 -
Northern New Jersey utilities falling short on power restoration goals
Frustration is high in towns where utilities promised power restoration by Saturday.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 5, 2012 -
Conn. linemen pelted with eggs during post-Sandy power restoration
After Bridgeport's Mayor told residents they were being "shortchanged" by their utility, linemen had eggs thrown at them.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 2, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Utility News of the Week: Sandy, Barclays and maps
Superstorm storm Sandy dominated headlines this week. Catch up with the five most-looked-at news posts of the last few days.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 2, 2012 -
Cuomo threatens to revoke NY utility licenses
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Governor Cuomo warned utility CEOs that their certification would be revoked if it came to light that they underprepared for the storm.
By Davide Savenije • Nov. 2, 2012 -
New Jersey utility has restored power to 20% of its customers
At the peak of Sandy’s strength, almost all of JCP&L’s customers were without power.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 2, 2012 -
Con Ed expects Manhattan to have power back on Saturday
According to Con Ed, the borough should have its power restored by early this weekend.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 2, 2012 -
Cost of California’s San Onofre nuclear outage reaches $317 million
The cost includes inspections, repairs and replacement power.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 2, 2012 -
D.C. utility crews redeployed to areas in need of Sandy help
Pepco will be sending its recovery crews where the need is greatest.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 2, 2012 -
AEP files with FERC to restructure its operations
AEP is seeking to separate its generating and transmission operations.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 2, 2012 -
Cisco investing $1 million in Canadian research center, smart grid
Srinivasan Keshav, a University of Waterloo computer science professor, will oversee future work at the David Johnston Research and Technology Park.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Northeast Ohio outages persist after Sandy
FirstEnergy was still working to get service back for around 100,000 customers.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Hundreds more line and tree workers headed to Connecticut
Both Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating will be adding to their numbers Thursday and Friday as post-Sandy repairs continue.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Barclays threatened with $470M fine over alleged energy market manipulation
Barclays intends to challenge the fine, and the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will allow the bank 30 days to make its case.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 1, 2012 -
DOE releases state-by-state list for Sandy restoration
The report lists the work utilities are doing in a variety of states affected by the storm.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Blackouts remain for millions as repairs begin
Utility workers have begun the lengthy process of restringing wires and repairing flooded equipment.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Entergy takes steps to join regional grid operator
The company has moved closer to turning over control of its power transmission system to a regional grid operator.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Progress, regulators admit to not studying part of a proposed nuclear site
Opponents of a newly proposed nuclear plant contend that neither Progress nor regulators properly studied the project.
By Christopher Sacco • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Smart meters helped Pepco out after Sandy struck
Two-way communications with its meters allowed Pepco to respond better and monitor developments.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 31, 2012 -
Con Ed says 764,000 in New York still without power
As of Wednesday, Consolidated Edison said that more than 160,000 of the 930,000 customers who lost power in N.Y. have had service restored, but there is still a long way to go.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 31, 2012 -
Perspective: Suite Dreams for Distribution Control Software
This IDC Energy Insights Perspective considers the evolving landscape of integrated software suites that manage, automate, and optimize utility network infrastructure.
Oct. 31, 2012
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