October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, but the utilities industry is looking ahead to November when it will train to tackle potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the nation’s electric grid.
On Nov. 15-16, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) will conduct GridEx IV... Read More »
Innovative Solar Systems, LLC (ISS), a U.S.-based utility-scale solar farm developer, recently announced that it is offering for sale 16 solar farm projects with a total of 580 megawatts of grid generation.
The portfolio includes projects eight states: Montana, Colorado, Utah, Alabama, North Car... Read More »
Con Edison’s nearly $1 billion Fortifying the Future storm hardening program, which began after Hurricane Sandy, has prevented 250,000 outages to date, according to the company.
The four-year program began in 2013 and included the installation of more than 1,000 "smart" switches on Con Edison... Read More »
The Pennsylvania State House and Senate recently advanced a bill that aims to strengthen the Pennsylvania One Call system, which aims to reduce “hits” on underground utility infrastructure and increase public safety.
Senate Bill 242 would address exemptions to the One Call law and shifts enf... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) was among six energy organizations that sent a letter Tuesday to Congressional leaders urging them to adequately fund the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Waste Program for fiscal year 2018.
The letter, which was sent to both U... Read More »
An alliance between DTE Energy and the Ford Motor Company is going to bring a new, “ultra-low” emission energy infrastructure to power Ford’s Dearborn Research and Engineering Center (REC).
"Ford and DTE have a long history of working together, and the REC development offered another opport... Read More »
More than one month after Hurricane Maria, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has partially restored service to 18 percent of its customers in 35 of 78 municipalities, according to a recent report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
After Hurricane Maria made land... Read More »
In testimony submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) and its Ohio affiliate have become the latest opponents of a House bill that would gradually reduce the power of the state’s energy standards.
Under that bill, renewable energy and ene... Read More »
The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) presented to Rocky Mountain Power on Monday at the Renewable Energy Markets 2017 conference in New York City the Green Power Leadership Award for its Subscriber Solar program.
The Green Power Leadership Award recognizes organizations for their role in prom... Read More »
A group of large industrial users of electricity filed comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this week, asking the commission to terminate a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) from the Department of Energy (DOE) that seeks to compensate certain generation resources for reli... Read More »