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 »
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 »
Efforts to strengthen the electrical ties between Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) and the Lower Peninsula (LP), as well as to Ontario, have suffered a setback after a state study revealed construction costs outweigh any benefit.
Such is the preliminary findings of the Michigan Transmission Expa... 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 »
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 »
Con Edison’s nearly $1 billion Fortifying the Future storm hardening program, which began after Hurricane Sandy, has prevented 250,000 outages to date, according to the company.
The four-year program began in 2013 and included the installation of more than 1,000 "smart" switches on Con Edisonâ... Read More »
More than one month after Hurricane Maria, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has partially restored service to 18 percent of its customers in 35 of 78 municipalities, according to a recent report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
After Hurricane Maria made land... Read More »
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) recently adopted new rules regulating alternative retail electricity suppliers’ (ARES) sales and marketing that aim to enhance consumer protection.
“This change represents a major victory for the public interest and all stakeholders by ensuring consumer... Read More »
The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) recently announced that it would hold a public listening session on Oct. 30 in Havre, Montana, to hear from NorthWestern Energy customers about the company’s response to recent widespread power outages.
In the beginning of October, heavy snows and wi... Read More »
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) recently adopted an agreement that establishes an electric security plan (ESP) for the Dayton Power & Light Company (DP&L), which will determine the standard service offer (SSO) through Oct. 31, 2023.
“Today’s order represents long-term rate sta... Read More »