GE Digital to offer Climavision’s global weather forecasting technology to better predict, plan for extreme weather
GE Digital enhanced its weather forecasting capabilities for electricity utilities through a new partnership with the weather tech company Climavision, announced this week. The partnership rolled Climavision’s forecasting technology into GE Digital’s Advanced Distribution Management Solution... Read More »Credit: EEI
Utilities industry works to advance diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
Continuing to create a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) means continuing to have purposeful conversations about race, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said this week at an electric utilities industry conference, and having those conversations can help the power industry deve... Read More »AES joins solar companies to form new US Solar Buyer Consortium
The AES Corporation has teamed up with several leading solar companies to form the US Solar Buyer Consortium and help expand the domestic solar supply chain. The consortium – which also includes Clearway Energy Group, Cypress Creek Renewables, and D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) -- wil... Read More »Black Hills Energy announced five-year agreement with crypto mining company under Wyoming Blockchain Interruptible Service Tariff
In support of the growing blockchain industry, Black Hills Energy (also known as Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company) announced this week that it will serve its first customer under a new electric rate option known as the Blockchain Interruptible Service Tariff. The first customer will be an a... Read More »Duke Energy sets record summer power usage in Carolinas, restores power after storms
Last week, Duke Energy crews dealt with record-breaking power usage in North Carolina while responding to outages caused by severe storms across its two Carolinas utilities. The company’s Duke Energy Carolinas utility set a summertime record for electricity usage on Monday, June 13, during the ... Read More »LG&E and KU partner with University of Kentucky on new carbon capture research
Researchers at the University of Kentucky recently teamed up with Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) to investigate reducing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere through carbon-capture technology. Such research has been undertaken by many for year... Read More »Utilities and public sector partner to combat cyber threats
Electric utility companies may be on the front lines of infrastructure security, but combatting bad actors that threaten the power grid means working together with the public sector to share information. During the Edison Electric Institute’s EEI 2022 conference in Orlando this week, cybersecurit... Read More »Credit: EEI