Ill. Lawmakers Crush Gov. Quinn's Veto Of Smart Grid Bill; ComEd Resuming Smart Meter Rollout
Both the Illinois House and Senate have voted to override Gov. Pat Quinn's recent veto of S.B.9, legislation to allow further funding of smart grid [...]
Top U.S. Utilities Are Cleaning Up Their Acts: Plant Emissions Drop
A new report on U.S. power plant emissions from the top 100 power producers shows that the electric industry cut emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx), [...]
Ernst & Young Names Kay To Lead Global Power And Utilities
Ernst & Young has appointed Alison Kay as the new global sector leader for power and utilities, effective July 1. Kay will lead [...]
AT&T Providing A Slew Of Smart Grid Solutions To Tennessee Electric Co-op
Tennessee-based electric cooperative Duck River Electric Membership Corp. (DREMC) has chosen AT&T to provide a comprehensive smart grid package, including advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), meter [...]
ComEd Says Smart Grid Program Created Thousands Of Jobs In Q1
Chicago-based utility ComEd says that work related to its smart grid program created nearly 2,700 full-time-equivalent jobs in the first quarter of this year. These [...]
Mitsubishi Electric Collaborates With Echelon On New Smart Meters
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has announced a collaboration with Echelon Corp. to integrate Echelon's Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP) into Mitsubishi's lineup of smart meter products. [...]
California ISO Works To Advance Renewable Energy
The California Independent System Operator Corp. (California ISO) says its board of governors has approved a proposed market design change to help foster renewable development [...]
Sempra And ConEdison Announce Solar Partnership
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development (ConEdison Development) have announced an agreement to partner in two of Sempra's solar power facilities: the [...]
Municipal Utility Wants To Triple Wind Energy Usage
Nebraska-based Lincoln Electric System has announced plans to triple the amount of wind energy it uses within the next two years. According to a Lincoln [...]
Itron Inc. Renews Contract With British Gas
Itron Inc. has signed a five-year contract with British Gas to provide a suite of services in support of more than 1.25 million electricity prepayment [...]
ARRA Update: Almost Two-Thirds Of U.S. Smart Grid Funds Spent
As of May 14, about 64% ($5.1 billion) of the $8 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) funds [...]
More U.S. Consumers Get Behind Smart Grid
Favorable attitudes toward the concept of the smart grid - and smart meters, in particular - increased noticeably in 2012, according to a consumer survey [...]
Study: U.K. Businesses Missing Out On Smart Meter Benefits
Despite the U.K. government's directive that businesses must have an advanced or smart meter installed by 2020, local business owners are not making the most [...]
Two Renewable Energy RFPs Issued In The D.C. Area
Washington, D.C.'s Department of General Services has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to renewable energy companies interested in developing a new wind and/or solar [...]
NERC To Develop Grid Standards For Geomagnetic Disturbances
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a final rule requiring development of reliability standards that address the impact of geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) on [...]
National Grid To Build Sustainability Hub As Part Of Its Smart Grid Pilot
National Grid has unveiled plans for the future home of its Sustainability Hub, a 2,200 square-foot facility centrally located within the company's smart grid pilot [...]
Renewable Energy Generation Continues To Grow In Texas
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) reports that electric generation from renewable resources in Texas increased 7% in 2012, compared to 2011, with capacity [...]
U.S. Senate Confirms Moniz As New Energy Secretary
By a unanimous vote Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Moniz, who replaces [...]
FERC Accepts Filings From ISO-NE And NTTG; Requires Revisions
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has found that ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) and members of the Northern Tier Transmission Group (NTTG) have partially [...]
U.S. Army And Lockheed Martin Complete Microgrid In Texas
The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin have commissioned the first U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) grid-tied microgrid integrating both renewable resources and energy storage at [...]