PJM Has Power Supplies Ready To Keep Consumers Cool This Summer VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — PJM Interconnection, operator of the nation’s largest power grid, is ready with power supplies to meet 61 million consumers’ expected power demand this summer. Electricity demand is forecasted to reach about 155,279 megawatts at its peak … Continue reading PJM Has Power Supplies Ready To Keep Consumers Cool This Summer→
Spent nuclear waste a bipartisan issue Both Democrats and Republicans support a federal repository for used nuclear fuel. That was just one message being delivered at the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) recent Nuclear Energy Assembly. Addressing the 2015 Nuclear Energy Assembly last week, Rep. John Shimkus, chairman of the House Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, … Continue reading Spent nuclear waste a bipartisan issue→
Smart Grid Technology Solves Key Electric Vehicle Utility Challenges In the push to reduce CO2 emissions in the United States, consumers are purchasing electric vehicles (EVs) at an unprecedented rate, with the newest data showing that 2014 U.S. sales of 100 percent electric cars were up 58 percent. While this is good news for the … Continue reading Smart Grid Technology Solves Key #Electric_Vehicle #Utility Challenges→
Edison Electric Institute: Utilities Are Eager for New Partnerships With Startups Dozens of startup companies from all around the world met in Washington, D.C. last week to compete for funding as part of the startup incubator 1776’s second annual Challenge Festival. Sixteen energy-specific companies took part in the competition, pitching efficiency applications, analytics solutions and … Continue reading Edison Electric Institute: Utilities Are Eager for New Partnerships With #Startup s→
Managing the energy grid: Inside MISO and SPP When regional transmission organization (RTO) Midcontinent Independent System Operator literally turns on the power switch to its state-of-the-art command center in West Little Rock on June 1, Arkansas will be at the epicenter of the nation’s ongoing and often raucous debate on the safety and reliability of … Continue reading Managing the energy grid: Inside MISO and SPP→
Colorado will comply with EPA’s plan to cut CO2 emissions, Hickenlooper says The EPA’s Clean Power Plan was rolled out in June 2014. The plan, expected to be finalized this summer, aims to cut the nation’s emissions of CO2, a greenhouse gas, by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The EPA’s proposed rules also … Continue reading #Colorado will comply with EPA ’s plan to cut CO2 emissions, Hickenlooper says→
Electric Retailers Lament Obstacles …..Philadelphia’s PECO Energy has smart meters for every C&I customer, he said. “But the data is not available until a day later. And if you want a pulse to get the data right away, [it costs] $1,800 and it’s going to take six months. “That little pulse is two wires coming … Continue reading Electric Retailers Lament Obstacles→
2015 State of the Market Report for PJM: January through March EAGLEVILLE, Pa., May 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — PJM Interconnection’s wholesale electric energy, capacity and regulation markets produced competitive results during the first 3 months 2015, according to the 2015 State of the Market Report for PJM: January through March, released today by Monitoring Analytics, … Continue reading 2015 State of the Market Report for PJM: January through March→