Inside the utility industry’s 2015 playbook A recent trade group briefing outlines the sector’s push for favorable policies Electric utilities represent a $910 billion industry and are essential to the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans. But for the industry to remain healthy it will need both state and federal energy policies to evolve … Continue reading Inside the #utility industry’s 2015 playbook→
The Standards-Based Microgrid Meets the Industrial Internet of Things Last week, the Industrial Internet Consortium — a group of more than 150 companies working on a common path toward ubiquitous, standards-based machine-to-machine communication — launched an ambitious project aimed at bringing real-time data analytics and control to the world of microgrids, and potentially, the grid … Continue reading The Standards-Based Microgrid Meets the Industrial Internet of Things→
Power Companies In 19 States Are Ending Pay-As-You-Go Electricity The new billing plans charge flat rates for electricity in a tier system based on typical usage, giving customers less financial incentive to conserve. Solar panel owners are crying foul over the new schemes. Solar panels are sprouting on rooftops across the country, thanks to plummeting … Continue reading Power Companies In 19 States Are Ending Pay-As-You-Go Electricity→
Fission may fizzle as nuclear power reacts to economics WADSWORTH – A panel of dials, meters and knobs surrounds the beige-colored control room at the South Texas Project, one of two nuclear power plants in Texas. The displays that light up in bright shades of red and green have a decidedly retro look with nary … Continue reading #Fission may fizzle as nuclear power reacts to economics→
Hinkle: Will you be selling electricity anytime soon? Never underestimate the power of creative destruction — what economist Joseph Schumpeter called capitalism’s “essential fact.” The pages of history are littered with the skeletons of industries left behind by innovation. Public utilities certainly are not underestimating it. As a recent Washington Post story put it, power … Continue reading Hinkle: Will you be selling #electricity anytime soon?→
Small fire put out at Exelon’s Pennsylvania nuclear power plant April 5 (Reuters) – Exelon Corp said on Sunday that a small electrical fire was extinguished in the reactor building at its 2,264-megawatt Limerick nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Read full article at Reuters
Solar water-heating industry cools off Arizona utilities have been battling with rooftop solar-electric companies over rates, and the solar water-heating industry is suffering serious collateral damage. Solar electric systems, or photovoltaic solar panels, generate electricity for homeowners. Solar water heaters use the sun’s heat to warm water, saving the electricity or natural gas that otherwise … Continue reading Solar water-heating industry cools off→
NYISO Asks if ICAP Order Includes the Lower Hudson Valley NYISO asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week if a recent order meant to mitigate market power in the installed capacity market in New York City would apply to its new capacity zone in the Lower Hudson Valley (EL07-39-006). NYISO wants an expedited ruling … Continue reading NYISO Asks if ICAP Order Includes the Lower Hudson Valley→