Electric

Refined coal accounted for 19 percent of power sector coal consumption in 2017, according to EIA

Published on December 14, 2017 by Kevin Randolph

Refined coal’s share of power sector coal consumption increased from 17 percent in 2016 to 19 percent from the beginning of 2017 through September, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). According to year-to-date data through September 2017 from EIA’s monthl... Read More »

Customer agreement between Rocky Mountain Power, city of Idaho Falls gains approval

Published on December 12, 2017 by Aaron Martin

A new customer exchange agreement between Rocky Mountain Power and the city of Idaho Falls that gained approval from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission on Thursday. The agreement establishing guidelines for determining who will provide electric service to new customers, and for transferring e... Read More »

Bipartisan Policy Center report on digitizing the grid details policy opportunities

Published on December 11, 2017 by Scott Sowers

In May, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) hosted a forum on how digitization can improve the power sector, featuring input and commentary from utility industry leaders Steve Bolze, former president and CEO of GE Power; Christopher Crane, CEO of Exelon; and Gil Quiniones, president and CEO of the Ne... Read More »

Nearly half of US electricity customers now use smart meters

Published on December 08, 2017 by Aaron Martin

While nearly half of all U.S. electricity customers use smart meter technology with two-way communication capabilities, smart meter penetration rates vary widely across the country, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported on Wednesday. Approximately 71 million advanced metering... Read More »

Entergy Louisiana to begin $100 million reliability project

Published on December 06, 2017 by Kevin Randolph

Entergy Louisiana, LLC recently announced that it will begin construction in Jefferson Davis Parish in January 2018 on an approximately $100 million technological upgrade to its electric power transmission grid. “This project represents Entergy Louisiana’s ongoing commitment to providing rel... Read More »

NARUC appoints Jagdmann as chair of Committee on Electricity

Published on December 06, 2017 by Kevin Randolph

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President John W. Betkoski III recently appointed Virginia State Corporation Commission Chair Judith Williams Jagdmann to be the new chair of NARUC’s Committee on Electricity. The Committee on Electricity works to develop and adv... Read More »

Edison Electric Institute launches pilot environmental, social, governance and sustainability reporting template

Published on December 05, 2017 by Kevin Randolph

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) launched Monday a pilot environmental, social, governance, and sustainability-related (ESG/sustainability) reporting template in an effort to create more consistency in the ESG/sustainability data electric companies provide to investors. “EEI’s member comp... Read More »

Energy Storage Association sees storage as critical to future reliability and resiliency in U.S. grid

Published on December 05, 2017 by Chris Galford

With the release of a white paper laying out a pathway for the United States to reach 35 gigawatts (GW) of energy storage systems by 2025, the Energy Storage Association is driving forward the notion that energy storage can — and should — play a sizeable part in the nation's grid. At the hel... Read More »

FirstEnergy’s Ohio Utilities propose distribution system modernization plan

Published on December 05, 2017 by Kevin Randolph

FirstEnergy Corp.'s Ohio utilities recently filed a plan with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to redesign and modernize portions of their distribution system to reduce the frequency and duration of power outages. FirstEnergy expects that the three-year, $450 million investment cou... Read More »

Entergy Mississippi investing $2.5 million in projects in four Delta counties

Published on December 04, 2017 by Kevin Randolph

Entergy Mississippi recently announced that it is investing $2.5 million in reliability and resiliency projects in the Mississippi Delta counties of Bolivar, Humphreys, Leflore, and Sunflower. “This is part of a multi-year investment designed to strengthen all parts of our grid to help reduce ... Read More »