Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) unveiled Tuesday a new piece of smart grid technology, called the Automated Transformer Switch (ATS), also called a VacuFuse Self-Resetting Interrupter, which helps to prevent and reduce power outages.
“The investments we’ve made throughout the last 1... 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 »
Four Alaska utilities submitted an application to
the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to form a transmission-only utility in
Alaska’s Railbelt region.
The four utilities that filed the application are
the Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA), Anchorage Municipal Light and
Power (ML&P... Read More »
Georgia Power announced Monday that it would begin the dewatering process at Plant Branch on March 4.
The company said in December that it would begin the dewatering process early this year. The dewatering process will move the company closer to completing the site-specific closure process throu... Read More »
A coalition of clean energy organizations came out in
support of reforms recommended by the New York Department of Public Service’s
(DPS) on the future of commercial and community solar projects.
The recommendations are part of reforms to the Value
of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER)
polic... Read More »
Emera Maine crews were out restoring power to the Northern
and “Down East” regions of Maine on Monday, Feb. 25 as strong winds caused
power outages.
As of Feb. 26, Emera Maine had restored service to more than
3,300 customers, primarily in the Bangor area, who had lost power from the
strong ... Read More »
The South Carolina House of Representatives recently voted unanimously to advance the Energy Freedom Act, a move the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) celebrated.
“The South Carolina House has shown tremendous leadership in passing this much-needed legislation to lower consumers’ el... Read More »
For its Jackson Smart Energy District in Michigan, Consumers Energy has launched a new clean energy goal, aiming to produce 40 percent of the district’s energy from on-site renewable sources by 2040 -- and potentially earlier.
In truth, the company hopes to achieve that goal 15-20 years ahead ... Read More »
A recently released report maintains Indiana's climate is key to residents energy demands, as well as its sources.
According to the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Indiana residents will heat homes and businesses less but rely more on air conditioning as Indiana’s climate warms, and... Read More »
Montana-Dakota Utilities, an MDU Resources Group, Inc. subsidiary, announced Tuesday that it plans to retire three coal-fired electric generation units at two location in the next two to three years and build a new simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbine.
The availability of low-cost power d... Read More »