Going Forward, Calif. City Will Buy Only 'Carbon Neutral' Electricity
The Palo Alto City Council voted Monday night to implement a Carbon Neutral Plan, which commits the city to pursuing only carbon-neutral electric resources, effective [...]
Montana Co-op And Zinc Air Sign Deal For Battery Installation
Zinc Air Inc. (ZAI), a developer of grid-level energy storage solutions, and Flathead Electric Cooperative (FEC) have entered into an agreement to install a large-scale [...]
Home Networking Standard G.hn Nets Smart Grid Approval
The HomeGrid Forum has announced that the G.hn home networking standard has been adopted into the Catalog of Standards created by the Smart Grid Interoperability [...]
C3 Energy Releases New Version Of Customer Analytics Software
C3 Energy, a provider of smart grid analytics solutions, has announced the general availability of C3 Enterprise version 4, the latest version of its customer [...]
EEI Expects $15 Billion In Transmission Investment This Year
In its seventh annual "Transmission Projects: At A Glance" report, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) says that total U.S. transmission investment by EEI members reached [...]
Sen. Wyden To FERC Chairman: Make Transmission Rules More Flexible
Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to provide more flexibility to utilities regarding [...]
SMUD Launches Pilot To Study The Grid Impacts Of Solar
Stem, a provider of energy optimization services, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have announced a pilot project to study the impact of high-penetration [...]
Calif. CEOs Say Current Energy Policies Are Helpful But Too Complicated
Advanced energy CEOs believe that California's energy policies have put the state on the cutting edge of advanced energy development and innovation, but a variety [...]
BPA Seeking Research Partners To Advance Northwest Grid
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) says it is looking for research partners to help advance the electric industry and develop technologies that improve the operation [...]
AeroVironment Integrates PNNL Tech Into EV Charging Systems
AeroVironment Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), managed by Battelle, have announced a commercial license agreement to integrate [...]
26 MW Borrego Solar Project Goes Online; SDG&E Buying Power
NRG Energy Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, has announced the start of commercial operations for the 26 MW Borrego I Solar Generating [...]
ENBALA Exec Joins IESO Stakeholder Advisory Committee
Rob Coulbeck, vice president of regulatory affairs at ENBALA Power Networks, has been appointed to represent electricity service providers on the Independent Electricity System Operator's [...]
The Industrial Sector: Low-Hanging Fruit For Demand Response?
Since the inception of demand response (DR) in the mid-1970s, electricity consumers in the industrial sector have represented an important target client in the U.S. [...]
C3 Unveils Solution Designed To Protect Utilities From Energy Theft
C3 Energy, a smart grid analytics software provider, has launched C3 Energy Revenue Protection. According to the company, the solution integrates data from utilities' advanced [...]
Canadian Utility Completes Deployment Of S&C's IntelliTeam Solution
S&C Electric Co. has announced the successful deployment of an IntelliTeam Communication Network Management System (CNMS) at ENMAX Power Corp., one of the largest power [...]
Wisconsin Electric Power Seeking Renewable Energy Generation
Wisconsin Electric Power Co. (We Energies) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for annual delivery of up to 150 GWh of renewable energy. Any [...]
Smart Grid Cloud Services Market Poised To Reach $4 Billion By 2020
The market for smart-grid-related cloud services will reach $4 billion by 2020, finds a new report from Zpryme. The report says that although global smart [...]
Minnesota Power's 2013 Resource Plan Calls For More Renewables, Less Coal
Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, has filed its 2013 Resource Plan with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC). Included in the plan is a [...]
Obama Nominates New Energy Secretary And EPA Administrator
President Barack Obama has announced his nominations for the new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary and the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator. [...]
CPS Energy And Silver Spring Collaborate On Smart Grid Network
CPS Energy, the U.S.' largest gas and electric combined municipal utility, and Silver Spring Networks, a developer of smart energy networks, have partnered to support [...]