ORLANDO — Detroit-based DTE Energy, the state’s biggest electricity supplier, is also Michigan’s largest investor in and producer of renewable energy, Jerry Norcia, the company’s president and chief operating officer, said during the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) 52nd Financial Confere... Read More »
While calling attention to the enhancements of daily life brought by new technological developments, Michigan’s ITC Holdings Corp. released a statement this week noting that such advancements are jeopardized by an aging power grid.
“We need updated and expanded energy infrastructure to suppor... Read More »
The United States Air Force and El Paso Electric (EPE) announced Wednesday that construction began at a new five-megawatt (MW) solar facility that will serve Holloman Air Force Base (HAFB) in Otero County, New Mexico.
"Providing our warfighter with diverse, resilient energy sources is a key comp... Read More »
ORLANDO — Led by its regulated utilities, Con Edison is poised for a powerful future, said John McAvoy, chairman, president and CEO of Consolidated Edison Inc., during a presentation earlier this week at the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) Financial Conference held here.
With a market cap o... Read More »
ORLANDO — Distributed energy resources (DER) including rooftop solar, battery storage and electric vehicles offer improved economic alternatives to a centralized grid design, enhanced consumer choice, more flexibility in grid planning and operations, and a smaller carbon footprint made by the elec... Read More »
ORLANDO — Transformations impacting the nation’s behemoth public electric utility industry are happening so quickly that modern-day decision-making from the top chief executives must occur practically at the flip of a switch.
In fact, several CEOs considered the present and looked toward the ... Read More »
Energy trade associations responded positively to a sweeping tax reform bill unveiled by House Republicans on Thursday that they said would fuel investment in important energy infrastructure in the United States.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced the Tax Cuts a... Read More »
Puerto Rico Public Power Authority (PREPA) CEO Ricardo Ramos recently sent a letter to the American Public Power Association (APPA) and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) requesting assistance in bringing resources to Puerto Rico to support power restoration.
APPA and EEI received the letter an... Read More »
Urban Grid Holdings announced on Monday the completion of two solar installations in Allegany County, Maryland, with a total capacity of 2.14 megawatts (MW).
The two solar arrays consist of 6,688 solar panels and are projected to produce 2,736,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in their first yea... Read More »
Intense wildfires that roared through Northern California this month tested the resiliency of the electric grid, and an increase in extreme weather events predicted by scientists could continue to challenge the utilities industry.
In the aftermath of wildfires in its service area in California,... Read More »