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Consumers' Electricity Shopping Sees Substantial Growth
At the end 2011, nearly one out of every five kilowatt-hours of electricity in America was supplied by a competitive provider.
By Ron Gallagher • April 20, 2012 -
Ausgrid, Cisco Services Help Create Smarter Substations in Australia
A case study looks at the utility's effort to find a universal design for all locations.
By Ron Gallagher • April 20, 2012 -
Explore the Trendlineâž”
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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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Kansas Approves Westar's $50 Million Rate Increase
The company was glad to get the decisions, but consumer advocates howled.
By Ron Gallagher • April 20, 2012 -
Yes, the Smart Grid Can Be End-to-End IP
Tests earlier this month showed that gear-makers can exchange data across platforms and media.
By Ron Gallagher • April 19, 2012 -
EPRI Names New Board Officers
AEP's Akins and TVA's Greene take over as chair and vice chair.
By Ron Gallagher • April 17, 2012 -
Smart Grid R&D: The Beat Goes On
Smart Grid News offers a look at some projects that are part of the ongoing industry effort to integrate and benefit from new technology.
By Ron Gallagher • April 17, 2012 -
Prudential Financing Boasts $12B Power Portfolio
With a large energy portfolio already, the company has $2 billion available for further investment.
By Ron Gallagher • April 17, 2012 -
Duke Energy's Path to a More Engaged, Energy-Efficient and Loyal Customer
Tendril, like Duke, has years of experience and has learned some tricks of the trade.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2012 -
FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities Seek to Extend Electric Security Plan
The companies filed an application to essentially extend their current Electric Security Plan into 2016.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2012 -
TVA Is Hiking Fuel Charge, Boosting Rates for High-Demand Season
Utilities that buy power from the TVA generally pass the charges along to customers, so bills likely will go up.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2012 -
Mobilizing 42 Million Electric Co-op Members
The co-ops' national group wants members to push for reliable, affordable electricity.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2012 -
Global Smart-Grid IT Market Will Reach $8.6 Billion by 2017
Pike Research has looked at the growing impact of IT in utility operations.
By Ron Gallagher • April 13, 2012 -
Maine Regulators OK Wind Deal Against Advice of Staff
A series of transactions among utilities could mean hundreds of wind turbines for the state and the rest of the Northeast.
By Ron Gallagher • April 13, 2012 -
Basin Electric Builds for Oil Boom
More pumping means more workers, which means more power demand in North Dakota's oil patch.
By Ron Gallagher • April 13, 2012 -
CVTech Wins Quebec Line Contracts for $38.9 Million
Most of the jobs are for Hydro-Quebec, with some pole-erection work for Bell Canada.
By Ron Gallagher • April 12, 2012 -
Solar PV Carport, Electrical Charging Stations Unveiled in Calif.
The carports at a Metrolink stop generate power to recharge the vehicles parked in them.
By Ron Gallagher • April 12, 2012 -
Transportation Electrification: A Technology Overview
EPRI looks at key vehicle and infrastructure technologies and outlines potential roles for electric utilities.
By Ron Gallagher • April 11, 2012 -
ComEd, Municipalities Plan Ops for Storm Response
The utility and local governments will have up to 17 prearranged Joint Response Centers ready to activate.
By Ron Gallagher • April 11, 2012 -
ABB Wins $45 Million Orders to Aid Clean Power Integration in Texas
Oncor is acquiring solutions to increase transmission capacity, ensure grid stability and facilitate the integration of renewable power
By Ron Gallagher • April 11, 2012 -
What You Can Learn From the World's Biggest and Best Utility
State Grid Corporation of China has 1 billion customers.
By Ron Gallagher • April 11, 2012 -
Feds Ask for More Information on Duke-Progress Merger Proposal
The utilities have a July 8 deadline to seal the deal and are hoping for fast regulatory actions.
By Ron Gallagher • April 11, 2012 -
Plan for Quebec-NYC 1 GW Underwater Line Goes to N.Y. Commission
The proposed line would deliver wind and hydro power to a substation in New York City.
By Ron Gallagher • April 10, 2012 -
Smart Grid in Far-flung Places
Carnegie Mellon researchers used existing infrastructure more intelligently to avoid building new capacity
By Ron Gallagher • April 9, 2012 -
Storm-Hardening Puget Sound Energy's Transmission System
Since a 2006 storm took down more than 40% of its lines, PSE has been studying how to manage vegetation so it does not happen that way again.
By Ron Gallagher • April 9, 2012 -
GE to Auction Transmission Capacity Connecting NYC, PJM Power Grids
The capacity is part of the company's Linden variable-frequency-transformer smart-grid projec.
By Ron Gallagher • April 9, 2012
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