New York’s major utilities improved electric reliability, gas safety, electric safety and customer service from 2016 to 2017, but more can be done to protect against major storms, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) concluded on Thursday.
The New York PSC drew its conclusions from ann... Read More »
A recent Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) study examines how a gas pipeline disruption could lead to extended electricity service disruption in the areas served by the PJM Interconnection if nuclear power plant retirements continue.
The report, conducted by ICF, explored an event involving the loss... Read More »
A new report that analyzed U.S. solar incentives released on Thursday by the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) showed that a combination of federal, state and local incentives, mixed with the declining net cost of installing photovoltaic systems, has fueled greater usage of rooftop solar across the nat... Read More »
FirstEnergy's electric utilities in Ohio recently began using drones to inspect nests of protected birds of prey on utility poles and other electric equipment.
Traditionally, a line worker would have to inspect the nests manually, but this is time-consuming and can disturb the nest. Drone inspect... Read More »
Weir Minerals of Salt Lake City, a rubber manufacturing company, announced this week that they had saved enough energy to power 160 average homes thanks to business incentives provided by Rocky Mountain Power.
Rocky Mountain Power operates a business incentive program known as wattsmart. That pro... Read More »
The U.S. solar market added 2.5 gigawatts (GW) in the first quarter of 2018 (Q1 2018) for an annual growth rate of 13 percent, according to the recently released U.S. Solar Market Insight Report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
The solar industry installed 1.4... Read More »
Power marketers, entities which buy energy from utility companies and resell it, have seen their market share increase in recent years, according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Power marketers supplied about 21 percent of the retail electricity sold in the Unit... Read More »
To reduce damage and recovery times surrounding hurricanes, the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) will take time this month to consider a draft report on Electric Utility Hurricane Preparedness and Restoration Actions.
The report stems from a collection of data analysis, coupled with insig... Read More »
Rick Tempchin, executive director for customer solutions at the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), will be joining the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) as a senior fellow as part of a new fellowship program.
The fellowship program is aimed at boosting ASE’s expertise around specific energy efficienc... Read More »
An annual report from the International Association of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (GIIGNL) shows that global LNG trade reached 38.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/day) in 2017, surpassing the prior year by 10 percent and marking the largest annual volume increase to date.
Much of this has b... Read More »