Lessons Learned: Grid Did Better This Winter The winter of 2013-14 was a brutal wake-up call for electric utilities that paid off this year, the nation’s grid watchdog says. The North American Electric Reliability Corp. says the grid performed well this winter thanks to lessons utilities learned from a year ago. The North American Electric … Continue reading Lessons Learned: Grid Did Better This Winter
Utilities to challenge rule on cheaper #electricity in Supreme Court Utility companies are confident they can successfully block the Supreme Court from siding with consumers, states and environmentalists who want to protect a landmark federal rule that pays consumers for reducing their electricity use when the grid is stressed, lowering electricity costs. The demand-side management … Continue reading Utilities to challenge rule on cheaper electricity in Supreme Court
Cloud computing: cornerstone of the next generation of smart-grid information technology Cloud computing is emerging as an ideal method of hosting and providing services over the internet, and is available in the form of private, public, combined, or hybrid cloud deployment models. It has a number of benefits for smart grid applications, such as cost-effectiveness, … Continue reading Cloud computing: cornerstone of the next generation of smart-grid information technology
ComEd’s plan to boost smart grid would hit customers’ wallets, critics say Commonwealth Edison on Thursday unveiled a plan that it billed as an expansion of ongoing efforts to overhaul the power grid and invest in renewable energy but that critics said would result in customers paying more to the electricity giant. The proposal joins … Continue reading ComEd’s plan to boost smart grid would hit customers’ wallets, critics say
When legally liable, companies don’t dispute global warming U.S. coal companies that are publicly skeptical of man-made climate change acknowledge in mandatory financial disclosures the widely accepted scientific link between fossil fuel emissions and a warming planet, a Greenwire analysis has found. Sustainable investment advocates warn that such doublespeak undermines the industry’s credibility with shareholders. … Continue reading When legally liable, companies don’t dispute global warming
Obama Orders Reduction In Government’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions NPR — President Obama signed an executive order at the White House today directing the federal government to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases by 40 percent within the next decade and to increase its use of renewable energy sources to 30 percent of total consumption. “These … Continue reading Obama Orders Reduction In Government’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Utility titan plays harder as industry evolves Will U.S. electric utilities become obsolete some day? The idea may seem far-fetched given our reliance on massive systems of transmission lines and central power plants that deliver electricity to our homes and businesses. But with the rapid spread of solar panels on residential and business roofs across … Continue reading Utility titan plays harder as industry evolves
Utilities experience competition, don’t like it, run crying to regulators ….A while back, holding companies were rushing to buy more generation utilities, since there were big profits to be made from big power plants on wholesale power markets. But a funny thing happened in those markets: They got competitive. In fact, natural gas and wind … Continue reading #Utilities experience competition, don’t like it, run crying to #regulators
These are Tesla’s main rivals in energy storage SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)—Tesla Motors Inc. may be taking its time to become a virtual power plant offering batteries to home and businesses, but that doesn’t mean investors with an eye on the sector have to wait. Storage is widely viewed as a key to more widespread use … Continue reading These are Tesla’s main rivals in energy storage
#Bloom_Energy CEO sidesteps questions about company’s future When I heard that Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar was planning to speak this week in San Francisco, I made sure to arrive early and sit in the front. Sridhar rarely speaks publicly, even though his 14 year-old Silicon Valley company has raised over a billion dollars in … Continue reading Bloom Energy CEO sidesteps questions about company’s future
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