As Solar Power Spreads, Diverse Users Fight Utility Attempts To Penalize It You’d be surprised how much a rooftop solar panel can make utility-company executives sweat. Home solar installations are on the rise in the U.S., and that has electric utilities worried. Now they have a new worry: A remarkably varied group of advocates and … Continue reading As Solar Power Spreads, Diverse Users Fight Utility Attempts To Penalize It→
Growth in Residential Electricity Prices Highest in 6 Years, but Expected to Slow in 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly and Short-Term Energy Outlook Residential electricity customers in most areas of the country experienced large increases in retail electricity prices during 2014, with the average U.S. residential price increasing 3.1% over the … Continue reading Growth in Residential #Electricity Prices Highest in 6 Years, but Expected to Slow in 2015→
New York Utilities Can’t Own Renewable Energy Assets Under New Rule New York’s Public Service Commission has issued new rules that establish a wall between existing utility companies and renewable generation sources. The rules are intended to promote the state’s ambitious drive to reform its electricity grid and encourage the growth of distributed, decentralized renewable … Continue reading New York #Utilities Can’t Own Renewable Energy Assets Under New Rule→
Coolwater Lugo Transmission Project on hold A major Southern California Edison infrastructure project in the design phase with the California Public Utilities Commission has been put on hold, officials say. The Coolwater-Lugo Transmission Project that would carry electricity from the Yermo area through Lucerne Valley to the existing Lugo Substation in south Hesperia is being … Continue reading Coolwater Lugo Transmission Project on hold→
Honeywell Backs President On New Greenhouse Gas Targets President Barack Obama continued to use his executive authority to mitigate global warming Thursday with an executive order for federal agencies that was quickly endorsed by Honeywell, General Electric, Northrop Grumman and several other major U.S. companies. After the president signed an executive order to cut the … Continue reading #Honeywell Backs President On New Greenhouse Gas Targets→
House public hearing planned on state nuclear, hydropower bills A Washington House committee will start work on four bills — three nuclear and one hydropower — with a public hearing March 25. The bills, sponsored by Sen. Sharon Brown, R-Kennewick, have passed the state Senate and advanced to the House Technology and Economic Development Committee. … Continue reading House public hearing planned on state #nuclear, #hydropower bills→
Utilities Struggle to Deliver Customer Service via Mobile Websites WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., March 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — While the number of utilities deploying a mobile-enabled website or app continues to increase, customers who access their utility’s website via mobile have more difficulty than those using desktop, according to the J.D. Power 2015 Utility Website Evaluation … Continue reading Utilities Struggle to Deliver Customer Service via #Mobile Websites→
Reforms, infrastructure aided better power, gas market performance this winter: US FERC Regulatory reforms, improved infrastructure and other efforts have contributed to generally lower power and natural gas prices in the US this winter, federal regulators said Thursday, a stark comparison to the price spikes and operational challenges seen last winter. “Across the RTOs and … Continue reading Reforms, infrastructure aided better power, gas market performance this winter: US FERC→
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