The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved filings by the four FirstEnergy electric distribution companies serving Pennsylvania for supplements to tariffs designed to remove barriers to third-party electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
The Commission approved the filin... Read More »
New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) is planning to invest
$507 million over the next five years on infrastructure projects that will enhance
the reliability of its natural gas delivery and information technology (IT)
systems.
The plan was submitted last week to the New Jersey
Board of Public Utilities... Read More »
The United States can better protect its electric grid from major natural and man-made disturbances if portions of the grid are strategically reconfigured.
That was one of the points made by a panel of experts who testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental A... Read More »
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) and the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas recently issued a notice to natural gas pipeline operators, electric generation operators and electric utilities, urging them to finalize coordinated preparations for the summer and maintain open lines of commun... Read More »
Avista installed Wednesday a smart electric meter, the first of its Smarter Together project, at a home on the National Register of Historic Places in the Millwood community near Spokane, Wash.
“This home – and its owners – are stepping into the future,” Avista Vice President of Energy D... Read More »
WASHINGTON – The U.S. power industry needs to be on top of cybersecurity threats because so much of the country’s economic health is dependent upon a reliable power grid, the head of a leading trade association for electric utilities said on Wednesday.
“Electricity is 5 percent of the gros... Read More »
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) plans to rebuild approximately 20 miles of transmission line in Indiana’s Delaware and Grant counties, modernizing the grid supported therein.
The announcement means that for customers in the east-central portion of the state, new towers will soon be on hand, ... Read More »
General Motors has partnered with DTE Energy on
an initiative to bring 300,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of wind energy to GM
facilities in Michigan.
Specifically, the 300,000 mwh will provide 100
percent of the electricity needs of GM’s global technical center in Warren and
its Renaissance Center ... Read More »
A bipartisan group of senators recently sent a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen urging them ban the use of inverters made by the Chinese-owned company, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, citing cybersecurity concerns.
“Huawei has recently become... Read More »
Sempra Energy officials said next month the company would move forward with the formal process of selling its South American business interests, including sites in Peru and Chile.
The utility is interested in selling its 83.6-percent stake in Peru's Luz del Sur S.A.A. as well as its 100-percent ... Read More »