Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Infrastructure
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America’s power companies responding to Ida
As day broke this morning, dozens of power companies from around the nation started the arduous task of helping their colleagues in Louisiana and Mississippi assess the damage wrought on Sunday by Hurricane Ida, one of the nation’s strongest storms to make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane. Wh... Read More »
Entergy Texas finishes rollout of advanced meters in southeast region of state
Entergy Texas wrapped up a years-long project last week in its state’s southeast region, with the announcement that it had concluded deploying advanced meters to homes and businesses. The upgraded devices offer quicker, more accurate outage detection and energy management, thanks to their conne... Read More »
Georgia Power works to build EV infrastructure in Georgia
Georgia Power has taken a number of steps to build out the state’s electric vehicles (EVs) infrastructure and support the growing number of EVs in the state of Georgia, currently home to 30,000 EVs and 930 public charging stations. "At Georgia Power, we know that the 'future is electric' in ou... Read More »
Central Hudson Gas & Electric reaches agreement on three-year rate plan
Central Hudson Gas & Electric filed a proposal on Aug. 24 with the New York State Public Service Commission that outlines future energy infrastructure investments as well as its three-year rate plan. Central Hudson Gas & Electric President and CEO Charles Freni said the proposal seeks to ... Read More »
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Potomac Edison completes circuit upgrade in Grant County, W.V.
Potomac Edison recently finished its upgrade to the electrical system in Grant County, W.Va., which will enhance service reliability for customers. The $1.4 million project involved splitting a 286-mile circuit of power lines that deliver electricity from a substation to customers in the Maysvill... Read More »
Clean power installations increased at record pace in first half of year
U.S. project developers commissioned 9,915 megawatts (MW) of clean power capacity over the first six months of the year, a record for new clean power installations, according to new data released by the American Clean Power Association (ACP). The association's Clean Power Quarterly 2021 Q2 Marke... Read More »
DTE opens Three Mile Road Station in Michigan as part of $3.5 billion infrastructure effort
As of this week, DTE Energy officially opened the Three Mile Road Station in Walker, Mich., establishing a new hub for a multi-billion dollar plan to install new pipe and upgrade meters throughout the western and northern reaches of the state. “The opening of this facility is part of our multi-... Read More »
Urbint to invest $60 million in AI platform to help protect critical infrastructure
The addition of a $60 million Series C investment from a collection of partnering companies will allow Urbint to perfect its artificial intelligence platform and scale its prediction and protection capabilities to meet rising demand from infrastructure sources throughout the United States. Announ... Read More »
