Fiber infrastructure project to begin in rural Mississippi
Entergy recently announced that it will work with C Spire to install over 300 miles of fiber infrastructure that will provide broadband service to consumers and businesses in 15 counties in rural Mississippi. “We’re excited about partnering with C Spire to modernize our electrical grid and ex... Read More »Advanced solar battery will provide electricity to Arizona customers during peak hours in the desert
A partnership between Arizona Public Service (APS) and First Solar will soon bring a 50 megawatt (MW), solar-fueled battery to the desert to better meet the electricity demands of customers during peak hours in the summer months. First Solar plans to construct and operate a facility, which will ... Read More »Two MidAmerican Energy wind farms begin operation in Iowa
MidAmerican Energy Company announced this week that it completed and entered into service two new wind farms in Iowa that have a total capacity of 338 megawatts (MW). The Beaver Creek wind farm in Boone and Greene counties and Prairie wind farm in Mahaska County are part of the company’s Wind X... Read More »Hawaiian Electric Companies reached 27 percent renewable portfolio in 2017
Hawaii’s electric companies reached a new milestone last year, gaining a percentage point toward consolidated renewable energy and drawing them up to a total of 27 percent. The driving force behind this for Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric, and Hawaii Electric Light was the addition of new grid... Read More »Appalachian Power installing Advanced Metering Infrastructure meters in Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia
Appalachian Power began this month installing 130,000 Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters in the Roanoke and Lynchburg areas of Virginia. The new meters will feature radio frequency and cell phone technology to transmit meter readings directly to the company. This remote meter reading ... Read More »Lisa Murkowski