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Advanced Meters Allow Oncor to Respond to Outages Before Customer Contact
The company also gets data telling it when a problem looks like it could occur.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
PSEG Offers New Program for College-Bound Engineering Hopefuls
In New Jersey, the company is making an investment in the future with money and mentoring.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineElectricity Supply and Demand
After nearly two decades of flat demand, U.S. electricity consumption reached an all-time high in 2024 and is expected to continue rising. This trendline brings together the best of Utility Dive’s coverage of emerging trends in supply and demand and the decisions being made today that will impact the power system for years to come.
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Benefits of Distributed Energy Storage
Various players are positioning themselves in an ongoing industry debate.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
Helping New Yorkers Find Energy Incentive Programs
A state-run program reaches out to New York City residents and small businesses for energy-use reduction.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
Substation Vandalism Hampers Service in Met-Ed Service Area in Pennsylvania
The company is working with police and Crime Stoppers and says the attacks present a danger to workers.
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2012 -
FERC-NERC Report on September 2011 Blackout Calls for Better Planning
The 153-page report says transmission operators and balancing authorities need to look more widely at potential impacts.
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2012 -
EV Project Aims to Gather Information That Utilities Will Need to Know
Utilities have to know how EV drivers behave in order to know how to accommodate electric-vehicle recharging into the grid
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2012 -
Entergy Texas Says Joining MISO Could Save Customers Hundreds of Millions
Entergy would like to have all six of its operating units join the system operator.
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2012 -
National Grid Rate Filing Shows Extent of Job Cuts in Restructuring
In papers filed in New York State, the company explains changes that sliced 1,400 office positions.
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2012 -
Report: Power Industry Transmission Investment Remains Strong
A report from the Edison Electric Institute predicts spending of $64 billion through 2022.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2012 -
Survey: 54% of Older Midwesterners Won’t Pay for More Utility Services
The PwC survey of 900 people raises the question of who is the "customer" in customer relations.
By Ron Gallagher • April 30, 2012 -
Underwater Cable Could Bring Renewable Energy From Iceland to Europe
The government and utility Landsvirkjun will be studying the feasibility of the idea.
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2012 -
Smart Metering: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
AOL Energy has a round-up of news about the industry.
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2012 -
U.S. Grid Has $107B in Investment 'Gaps' by 2020
The latest “Failure to Act” report from the American Society of Civil Engineers says focuses on the power-delivery system.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
Utility Deals Down Slightly So Far in 2012
Some of the decline may be due to already-pending mergers, PricewaterhouseCoopers said in an analysis.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
KCP&L Requests Rate Increase From Kansas Corp. Commission
The company is seeking to up its charges 12.9%, citing investments at generating stations.
By Ron Gallagher • April 25, 2012 -
PG&E's 'Green Option' to Offer More From Renewable Sources
Residential customers who want to opt in can pay a little more for the company to purchase more from renewable sources.
By Ron Gallagher • April 25, 2012 -
California OKs Demand-Response Activities, Budgets for State's Utilities
For 2013-14, the Public Utilities Commission wants a single application from the companies.
By Ron Gallagher • April 25, 2012 -
IEEE Pushing for Global Smart-Grid Communications, DA apabilities
The organization says the overall goal is to enable smart-grid development.
By Ron Gallagher • April 25, 2012 -
Smart-Grid Milestone in Chattanooga for S&C Electric, EPB
S&C gear now in the city's grid are expected to cut outage times by as much as 40 percent.
By Ron Gallagher • April 24, 2012 -
Electric Ticker Offers Real-Time Power Pricing
Consumers in the Pennsylvania pilot project can see where their power is coming from and what it costs.
By Ron Gallagher • April 24, 2012 -
ComEd files 10-Year Smart-Meter Deployment Plan
The plan calls for installing Install about 130,000 smart meters this year, 370,000 smart meters in 2013 and nearly 520,000 in 2014.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2012 -
E.ON Picks Elster for Smart-Meter Rollout
The gas and electricity company will deploy up to 100,000 smart gas and electricity meters by the end of 2012.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2012 -
Alstom to Modernize Critical Alaska Transmission Line
A contract valued at more than $7 million covers three outdated Static VAr Compensators owned by Alaska Intertie.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2012
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