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New Yorkers Can Expect to Pay Over $27,000 to Retrofit Homes to All-Electric Appliances: CEA Study
Banning natural gas service will increase inequality, risk electricity reliability and could cost upstate New York households more than $27,800 each, a Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) analysis released this week found. The new ...
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ComEd Explores Battery Energy Storage to Improve Resiliency for Customers in Northern Illinois
ComEd is exploring new battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions that improve resiliency by limiting the impact of power outages for customers in this new technology demonstration, ComEd is evaluating the effectiveness of localized batteries to ...
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RWE Builds Photovoltaic Systems with Storage in the Rhenish Revier
Using solar energy – even when the sun isn't shining? This is possible thanks to photovoltaic systems with associated electricity storage. RWE is currently constructing two of these plants in the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine near ...
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Consumers Energy Taps CPower to Deliver Grid Services in Michigan
CPower Energy, a national leader in unlocking the power of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), this week announced it has entered a partnership with Consumers Energy to deliver grid services across the energy provider’s Michigan service ...
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New York Power Authority Deploys AI Technology for Drone-captured Power Grid Safety Analysis
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) this week announced that artificial intelligence technology is significantly improving its in-house drone inspection program, allowing transmission lines to be more quickly and thoroughly evaluated and any ...
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FERC Proposes IBR Standards, Registration to Improve Grid Reliability
FERC took several actions on Nov 17 focused on inverter-based resources (IBRs), including proposing that new mandatory standards be developed to enhance the reliability of the bulk electric system. IBRs are solar photovoltaic, wind, fuel cell ...
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Penn Power Expanding Smart Grid in Western Pennsylvania
Penn Power, a FirstEnergy Corp. electric company in western Pennsylvania, continues to expand its smart grid in Mercer and Crawford counties to reinforce the local power system and help prevent lengthy service disruptions, especially during ...
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CPower Reports Over 12,000 MWh of Customer-Powered DERs Helped Grid Last Summer
This week, CPower Energy announced it dispatched more than 12,000 MWh of customer-powered distributed energy resources (DERs) to help the grid during this past summer's record-breaking heatwaves across the country. This total occurred across 529 ...
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13 Billion To Modernize And Expand America's Power Grid
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week announced $13 billion in new financing opportunities for the expansion and modernization of the nation’s electric grid. Funded by the President’s Bipartisan ...
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Advances America's Commitment to Reaching Net Zero at COP27
This week, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). The Secretary joined the United States ...
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Duke Energy collaborates with AWS to Develop Smart Grid Solutions
Duke Energy, one of America's largest energy holding companies, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. are entering into a multiyear strategic collaboration to accelerate the utility's development of industry-leading grid solutions that will benefit ...
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Business Customer Satisfaction with Electric Utilities Deteriorates as Rates Rise, J.D. Power Finds
More than half (52%) of U.S. businesses say they are aware of electric utility rate increases this year, spurring a significant decline in overall customer satisfaction. According to the J.D. Power 2022 Electric Utility Business Customer ...
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NJ Board of Public Utilities Accepts Grid Modernization Report and All of Its Recommendations
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) on Nov. 10 formerly accepted a report entitled Grid Modernization Study: New Jersey Board of Public Utilities including its full set of recommendations and authorized the public release of ...
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New Buildings Consortium to Focus on Benefits of Thermal and Electrochemical Energy Storage
Stor4Build is a new consortium on energy storage for buildings that will accelerate the growth, optimization, and deployment of storage technologies. The consortium will be co-led by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy ...
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Cyber Defence: EU Boosts Action Against Cyber Threats
On November 10, the European Commission and the High Representative put forward a Joint Communication on an EU Cyber Defence policy and an Action Plan on Military Mobility 2.0 to address the deteriorating security environment following Russia's ...
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TVA Board Approves Pilot Project to Build Solar Facility at Shawnee Fossil Site
The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors this week approved the nation's first-of-its-kind pilot program to determine if closed coal ash sites are suitable for utility-scale solar projects. Pending environmental reviews and regulatory ...
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High-Voltage Transmission Grid Critical to Meeting Electric Vehicle Charging Demands
Key Highlights Analysis of fast-charging needs provides blueprint to ready the grid along major highways Mapping long-term charging demand will avoid duplicate infrastructure investments Interconnecting highway charging sites to high-capacity lines ...
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Duke Energy to Install Microgrid at Camp Lejeune
Duke Energy has been awarded a $22 million utility energy service contract by Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for the design and construction of a microgrid at the military base. The innovative microgrid solution includes upgraded ...
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CPUC Issues Solar Tariff Modernization Proposal To Support Reliability and Decarbonization
The California Public Utilities Commission this week (Nov 10) issued a proposal to modernize the Net Energy Metering (NEM) solar tariff to promote solar and battery storage, grid reliability, and control electricity costs for Californians. The ...
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ComEd, Argonne Climate Study Projects Impact on Power Grid
ComEd, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory's Center for Climate Resilience and Decision Science, this week released the first phase of a comprehensive Climate Risk and Adaptation Study as part of ComEd's ...