Municipal Utility Using OSIsoft Tech to Support Distribution Automation, AMI
Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the municipal electric utility in Santa Clara, Calif., says it is deploying the PI System from OSIsoft as a part of [...]
Elster Selected for Smart Meter Project in Texas
Elster says the City of Georgetown, Texas, has chosen EnergyAxis for its system-wide, multi-utility meter replacement project. Georgetown intends to deploy the EnergyAxis solution throughout [...]
EnerNex, EnergySec Hosting NERC CIP Compliance Program
EnerNex has teamed up with EnergySec to offer a "NERC CIP Compliance Bootcamp" program in Knoxville, Tenn., on June 19-20. The event is geared toward [...]
CG Selected to Develop Transmission Grid Infrastructure in Iraq
The Electrical Transmission Project Office of Iraq's Ministry of Electricity has awarded a $60 million contract to CG, an Avantha Group company, for the construction [...]
Landis+Gyr Partnering with ERDF to Build French Smart Grid
Landis+Gyr has joined energy provider ERDF and semiconductor company STMicroelectronics to help develop SOGRID, a smart grid project based in France. The partners will develop [...]
Growth Expected for North American Smart Grid Equipment
Following three years of decline, the combined market for distribution automation hardware and smart meters in North America will resume its expansion in 2015, with [...]
PG&E Provides Customers with More Renewable Energy Options
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has reached an agreement with consumer, labor and other groups to give electric customers an opportunity to support 100% [...]
Teradata Working with Siemens on Smart Grid Analytics
Siemens' smart grid division and analytics company Teradata Corp. are partnering to offer end-to-end integration of utility operational data with smart meter data for analysis [...]
E.ON Implementing Ventyx Smart Grid Technology in New Control Center
Ventyx, an ABB company, says energy service provider E.ON will use a suite of Ventyx software solutions as a part of a new smart grid [...]
USDA Announces Funding for Rural Electric Smart Grid Projects
Rural electric cooperative utilities across 13 states will receive nearly $280 million for grid infrastructure, Tom Vilsack, secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), [...]
PA Utility Met-Ed Investing in Power Grid Infrastructure
Pennsylvania-based Metropolitan Edison Co. (Met-Ed), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., says it will enhance its electric system in 2013. The utility is spending approximately $116 [...]
AES/PJM Grid-Scale Energy-Storage Project Continues Reliable Service
AES Corp. and subsidiary AES Energy Storage say the Laurel Mountain renewable energy facility has surpassed the 400,000 MWh mark of regulation service to the [...]
Innovative Project Boosts Power Output of Utility-Scale Geothermal Plant
Ormat Technologies Inc., the U.S. Department of Energy and GeothermEx have produced an additional 1.7 MW from an Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) project inside an [...]
Ventyx Appoints Nicholson VP of T&D Solutions
Ventyx, an ABB company, has hired Rick Nicholson as vice president of transmission and distribution (T&D) solutions. He will focus on identifying the future requirements [...]
10 Essential Smart Grid Trends To Watch
In a new white paper, Navigant Research has identified 10 key trends that the company says will shape global smart grid investment this year and [...]
Trilliant, British Gas to Extend Smart Meter Partnership
Trilliant, a global smart energy communications company, is extending its smart metering partnership with British Gas, an energy supplier in the U.K. The companies have [...]
Renewable Energy Continues Building Momentum in U.S. Power Mix
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) says renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydro power comprised 82% of all new domestic generation capacity [...]
Wind Power Production Spikes to New Record on California ISO Grid
The California Independent System Operator Corp. (ISO) says 4,196 MW of wind power was on the state's power grid on April 7 at 6:44 p.m., [...]
Doble Releases Tools Aimed at Improving Grid Reliability
Doble Engineering has released three technology solutions to help increase the reliability of the power grid: dobleARMS, the M7100 Power Apparatus Analyzer and Protection Suite [...]
Mon Power Directing Funds Toward Grid Enhancements
Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., says it is investing approximately $60 million in 2013 to enhance the electrical system in its 34-county service [...]