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Utilities United Against Scams recognizes Utility Scam Awareness Day
Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS), a group of more than 100 U.S. and Canadian utilities and their trade associations, will hold the second annual Utility Scam Awareness Day on Wednesday, supported by a week-long advocacy and awareness campaign. The campaign focused on revealing the tactics s... Read More »Florida Power & Light
Florida Power & Light sends power line poles to Puerto Rico
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) announced Monday that it transported 1,000 power line poles from North Florida to Puerto Rico to assist with repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Maria. Thirty-three trucks transported the poles from FPL’s storm inventory near one of the company’s subs... Read More »Rebuilding stronger, more resilient energy infrastructure in U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico focus of congressional delegation
Efforts to restore power and to rebuild an electric grid that’s stronger and more resilient in the wake of Hurricane Maria highlighted a recent congressional delegation to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that was attended by officials from the Department of Energy (DoE). The group held... Read More »Illinois achieves second-highest rating for grid modernization
Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Chairman Brien J. Sheahan recently announced that Illinois earned the second-highest rating among all states for its work toward a modernized electric grid. Gridwise Alliance, in collaboration with Clean Edge Incorporated, released last week the results of its ... Read More »Utilities industry gears up for consumer protection campaign to combat utility scams
The utilities industry is working together to highlight how customers – including the elderly, low-income families and small businesses – can protect themselves from becoming victims of scams during a week-long advocacy campaign from Nov. 13-17. Nov. 15 is designated as Utility Scam Awarenes... Read More »The customer reigns supreme for investor-owned electric companies
ORLANDO — The power industry is transitioning to a more customer-centric focus fueled by distributed energy resources (DER) that are being added to the grid, sources said during the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) Financial Conference held here earlier this week. As electric companies spend... Read More »Jerry Norcia