Colorado PUC Denies Xcel Energy's Smart Grid Cost-Recovery Plan
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has ruled that Xcel Energy Inc. will not be able to use customer rates to recover $16.6 million in [...]
CAISO Green-Lights Renewable Energy Transmission Projects
The California Independent System Operator's (CAISO) board of governors has approved five new power-line projects specifically intended to meet California's renewable energy goals. The projects [...]
ATC Nets Approval For Milwaukee County Electric Reliability Project
American Transmission Co. (ATC) has received a final written order from Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) authorizing construction of two new 138 kV transmission lines [...]
SPP OKs Elm Creek-Summit Transmission Line Project In Kansas
The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has approved the Elm Creek-to-Summit transmission line project, which is designed to improve the reliability of the high-voltage grid in [...]
LADWP To Transition Away From Coal-Fired Energy
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has taken new steps toward eliminating coal from Los Angeles' power supply. Representatives of LADWP and [...]
CAISO/PacifiCorp Partnership Gets Unanimous Board Approval
The California Independent System Operator's (CAISO) board of governors has unanimously agreed to authorize the grid operator to move forward with negotiating a formal agreement [...]
Proposed Changes To CT's RPS: Great For Hydro, But Bad For Wind And Solar?
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is recommending that the state restructure its renewable portfolio standard (RPS). Included in the proposal are [...]
BPL Global, APS Enter Deal To Boost Transformer Monitoring
BPL Global Ltd. (BPLG) has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) for APS' patented Transformer Oil Analysis and Notification [...]
EnerNOC Signs 185 MW Agricultural Demand Response Contract
EnerNOC Inc. has announced a new 10-year contract with PacifiCorp to deliver approximately 185 MW of electric reduction capability in Idaho and Utah, with the [...]
PECO Asks To Complete Smart Meter Rollout Five Years Early
Although Philadelphia-based PECO has experienced some overheating issues with its smart meters, the utility has asked regulators if the company can complete its rollout of [...]
President Obama Unveils Energy Blueprint
Last week, the White House released President Barack Obama's "Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future," which includes renewable energy, smart grid and electric [...]
Pecan Street Inc. Takes On Electric Rate Research
Pecan Street Inc., a nonprofit research and development organization headquartered at the University of Texas at Austin, has announced that it is launching a side-by-side [...]
Russia Expected To Invest Big In Smart Grid
Russia's smart grid market is poised to grow from $5.5 billion in 2012 to $15.7 billion in 2017, according to a new report from Zpryme. [...]
IBM Developing Customer Vision Platform For CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint Energy has chosen IBM to develop a new Customer Vision Platform. According to IBM, the integrated platform will consolidate services across the business to [...]
Minnesota Co-op Selects EnergyHub For Demand Response Program
The Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative (MVEC) will launch a new residential demand response program this summer using Wi-Fi communicating thermostats and EnergyHub's Mercury demand response [...]
Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Storage Market To Reach $33.6B By 2018
The global market for utility-scale renewable energy storage technologies is projected to reach $33.6 billion by 2018, primarily driven by the growing contribution of solar [...]
Electric Reliability Council Of Texas Appoints Two Vice Presidents
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has appointed two new vice presidents: Ken McIntyre, ERCOT's director of standards and protocol compliance, will become the [...]
Utilidata Names New Chief Technology Officer
Providence, R.I.-based Utilidata Inc. has announced that Sridhar Ramachandran has joined the company as chief technology officer (CTO). According to Utilidata, Ramachandran will be responsible [...]
An Intelligence-Driven Approach To Cybersecurity
This is a "smart" world. From smart grids and smart weapons to smart phones and smart appliances, technology is driving increased capabilities, improved productivity and [...]
GE And Energate Join Forces On Residential Demand Response
GE and Energate Inc. have entered into an integration agreement to provide joint solutions for residential demand response and home energy management to utility customers. [...]