A major winter storm forced a series of rolling power outages in chilly Texas on President’s Day along with warnings that potential freezing rain and heavy snow could lead to downed power lines in states to the east.
The outages, which began early in the morning on Monday, had been expected to ... Read More »
Latching onto a national, two-year initiative hosted by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), 12 states have pledged to innovate electricity planning to address system and customer needs.
The states res... Read More »
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) published an analysis of the increasing amounts of wind and solar resources within both the MISO grid and the broader bulk electric system.
The report, called the Renewable Integration Impact Assessment (RIIA), developed the RIIA as an informa... Read More »
Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) officials said the average length of a service interruption has decreased by 55 minutes, 38 percent, since 2010.
The drop is due to several factors, including investments in electric system infrastructure upgrades, increased adoption of innovative technologies, and ... Read More »
America’s investor-owned utilities (IOUs) face numerous opportunities this year as they continue working to bring the nation closer to its clean energy future, according to experts at the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents the industry on Capitol HIll and on Wall Street.
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Battery storage could provide major reliability benefits, according to a report released by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) this week, but better reporting is required, along with actions from industry and regulators to maximize its potential.
In Impacts of Electrochemi... Read More »
In an effort to fund system improvements and information technology investments for reliability’s sake, UGI Electric Division filed a request with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) this week to increase its base rates for electric distribution by $8.7 million annually.
UGI’s la... Read More »
A diverse group of electric industry stakeholders agreed that net metering policies need to be updated, but continued the debate on the most effective way to accomplish that during a panel discussion at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Winter Policy Summit.
Many state... Read More »
Electric utilities are in a strong position to help advance the adoption of electric vehicles in 2021 as they invest in charging infrastructure, but an unfocused patchwork of federal and state transportation electrification (TE) policies could pump the brakes on growth, stakeholders said.
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The utility industry continues to come up with new, sometime futuristic, ideas for improving the performance and resiliency of the electric grid, and it is up to state regulators to decide which ones are performing as advertised, panelists said at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commi... Read More »