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 »
Rocky Mountain Power and the City of Idaho Falls recently requested that the Idaho Public Service Commission approve a service allocation agreement that would create a process for determining which utility would provide service to new consumers in certain areas.
The City of Idaho Falls’ electr... Read More »
The Consumer Energy Alliance said it launched a new campaign on Monday designed to promote an all-of-the-above energy policy that also protects the environment in an effort to keep energy prices down for vulnerable families on low and fixed incomes.
CEA, a 12-year-old national advocacy group that... Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently applauded the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) recent notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), which suggests rules that would compensate certain generation resources for reliability and resiliency attributes.
NEI recently submitted comments on the iss... Read More »
Energy industry experts called for greater government participation and public/private sector partnerships to help protect the electric grid from the growing number of cyber intrusions, like the one that took down the power system in Ukraine in 2015.
Testifying before the Senate Energy and Natura... Read More »
The Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) approved Wednesday a Duke Energy Florida settlement agreement that will allow them to make investments in modernization projects.
The commission also approved the utility’s fuel, capacity, energy conservation, and environmental costs.
The agreem... Read More »
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, but the utilities industry is looking ahead to November when it will train to tackle potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the nation’s electric grid.
On Nov. 15-16, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) will conduct GridEx IV... Read More »
The Pennsylvania State House and Senate recently advanced a bill that aims to strengthen the Pennsylvania One Call system, which aims to reduce “hits” on underground utility infrastructure and increase public safety.
Senate Bill 242 would address exemptions to the One Call law and shifts enf... Read More »