Transmission & Distribution: Page 214


  • AEP, Great Plains Energy Power Up New Transmission Company

    Transource Energy LLC will start by looking for projects in the PJM Interconnection, Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and Midwest ISO regions.

    By Ron Gallagher • April 4, 2012
  • PG&E Customers Can Compete to Conserve With Facebook App

    With a smart meter to supply information, people can compare who's using how much power.

    By Ron Gallagher • April 3, 2012
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    AI in the Power Sector

    Artificial intelligence is uniquely positioned to impact the electricity industry from both ends: as the technology driving large load demand growth and as a tool with the potential to make the power system more efficient. 

    By Utility Dive staff
  • Silverado Power, SDG&E Sign deal for 15 MW of Solar Power

    California authorities have to approve 20-year contracts for power from two stations.

    By Ron Gallagher • April 3, 2012
  • Power Sector Leads Gains in U.S. Construction Spending

    When figures came out showing U.S. construction spending had risen more than 5 percent since February 2011, power building led.

    By Ron Gallagher • April 3, 2012
  • Diversification Dilemma: Power Industry Debates Portfolio Approach

    The utility industry is pulled by competing approaches, one favoring flexibility, the other favoring planning that can underpin long-term infrastructure investment.

    By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2012
  • PJM Implements Changes in Compensation for Demand Response

    PJM Interconnection implemented changes April 1 in the way demand response resources are paid

    By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2012
  • Conference Will Look at Power's Future in Texas

    Utility executives and others will get together later this month in Texas to discuss power planning.

    By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2012
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    Voltage and Var Optimization Reduces Energy Losses,

    Today, about 10% of power is lost on its way to customers.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 30, 2012
  • New Technology Can Improve Power System Efficiency, Reliability

    Phasor measurement units provide a new way to monitor the grid.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 30, 2012
  • Asia/Pacific Utility Challenge: Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Business Models

    A new report from IDC Energy Insights provides 10 predictions for what to expect from the region this year.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 30, 2012
  • NRG Looks at the Smart Grid, Warns About Power Prices Without It

    One disturbing nugget in an otherwise fairly routine report is that electricity prices will jump 400% over the next 30 years if electric grids aren't upgraded to smart grids.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 30, 2012
  • Susquehanna-Roseland Power Line Wins National Park Service Backing

    The National Park Service has chosen the sponsoring utilities's planned route from Berwick, Pa., to Roseland, N.J., as the agency's preferred alternative in an environmental impact statement.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 29, 2012
  • Advanced Asset Management Q&A

    Answers to questions that couldn't be addressed during a March 20 webinar.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 29, 2012
  • Santa Clara Gets Bond-rating Upgrade

    The ratings agency cited recent rate increases approved by the city council in its decision.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 29, 2012
  • Utilities Receive EEI Award for Restoration Efforts

    Seven companies were challenged to restore service after Hurricane Irene swept into parts of the country.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 28, 2012
  • IBM, Hydro One Team to Improve Ontario Power Grid

    With equipment in need of replacement in many areas, the utility has a chance to upgrade its network.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2012
  • California ISO Green-lights 30 Transmission Projects

    The operator's 2011-12 plan says that projects in the pipeline will meet the goal of 33% renewable by 2020.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2012
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    Mega-merger of Carolina-based Utilities Is on a Tight Timeline

    Progress and Duke's request for June 8 federal approval is driven by a July 8 deadline to complete the deal.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2012
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    Duke and Progress Give FERC Market Power Mitigation Plan

    The submission expands on what the utilities, which want to merge, gave North Carolina regulators in February.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 26, 2012
  • 'The Path to Advanced Asset Management:' The SGN Webinar

    Smart Grid News has posted all the slides and a link to each panelist's presentation from the March 20 webinar in its "Lessons from the Real World" series.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 26, 2012
  • Study: Consumers Interested in Home Energy Management, Smart Appliances

    A Pike Research survey found that consumers still like the idea of guiding their own energy use.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 23, 2012
  • Big box electricity: Best Buy teams up with Constellation

    In Chicago, people can buy both a TV or other appliance and the company that will power it

    By Ron Gallagher • March 23, 2012
  • Transmission Line Placed in Service in Wisconsin

    The 7.7-mile line in Door County connects American Transmission Co. substations.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 22, 2012
  • Pa. Regulators Prepare Final Electric Market Deregulation

    In a deregulated market, 36% of businesses have changed suppliers to reduce power costs.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 22, 2012
  • EPRI Designs System to Replace Transformers at Record Speed

    Recovery from a terrorist attack has been the focus of the research.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 22, 2012