Construction began this week on ComEd’s Elmhurst transmission substation in DuPage County, Ill., heralding the expansion of the 345 kV facility meant to maintain reliability for existing customers and enable future capacity upgrades for regional growth.
Construction is expected to continue to D... Read More »
In a first for AES Hawaii, the company this week announced that a new 12.5 MW solar plus storage facility began generating power on Oahu.
Based in West Oahu, the site’s clean generation is backed by a 50 MW hour battery energy storage system. The whole facility operates under a 25-year power pu... Read More »
Pushing forward with customer-sited resources, Hawaiian Electric recently released a new framework to streamline customer choices when participating in its rooftop solar energy programs.
“We are excited to offer our customers Smart Renewable Energy and BYOD, which give them an opportunity to o... Read More »
Duke Energy Florida is lowering customers’ electric bills for the second time this year.
The company filed a fuel midcourse rate request with the Florida Public Service Commission to account for lower projections for natural gas costs. The latest rate reduction is set to begin in June.
Under... Read More »
Under a collective proposal from Xcel Energy, Dairyland Power Cooperative, Rochester Public Utilities and Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, a new 100 miles of transmission line could stretch across southern Minnesota to aid clean energy delivery and system reliability.
Known as the Manka... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today finalized the energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers last week.
These updated standards—which includes a longer compliance timeline of five years—will save American utilities and commercial and industrial entities $824 million per y... Read More »
PacifiCorp recently submitted an update of its 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to regulators, laying out revised processes to acquire electric generation and transmission resources over the course of the next 20 years.
The update stemmed from two things: PacifiCorp’s own biennial resource ... Read More »
Duke Energy Indiana recently requested a sizable rate increase from state regulators, citing improvements to the electric grid, built-up customer service options, and environmental obligations.
Overall, the request would spur bill increases of approximately 16 percent if approved. This would be s... Read More »
With the complexity of the bulk electric power system in North America, it has become critical for leaders across multiple sectors to come together every other year to test out stress points in the system.
The GridEx VII simulation in November, hosted by the North American Electric Reliability Co... Read More »
Tampa Electric is reducing energy bills for the second time this year.
Back in January, the company reduced residential bills by about 11 percent because of a decline in fuel prices, among other factors. Now, the utility is asking the Florida Public Service Commission to reduce energy bills by an... Read More »