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Collaboration, Coordination Key to Assuring Reliability During Rapid Grid Transformation
The Reliability Issues Steering Committee (RISC) of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) held its biennial Reliability Leadership Summit on January 25. The summit was attended by industry experts, state and federal regulators, leaders from the U.S. and Canadian government as well as more than 250 virtual observers. This year's day-long summit focused on reliability issues ...
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ScottMadden and Smart Electric Power Alliance Join in Reviewing California and New York Energy Markets
ScottMadden Inc., one of North America's leading energy consulting firms, and the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) released a joint report that focuses on approaches that California and New York are taking to integrate distributed energy resources (DERs) into the grid. The report describes key similarities and differences in the two jurisdictions in areas such as interconnection, hosting ...
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Green Mountain Power Offers New “Bring Your Own Device” Program to Cut Energy Peaks
Green Mountain Power (GMP) has announced a new program to partner with customers to reduce costs during high energy use times. During peak times such as cold winter nights, GMP will share access with customers’ home or business battery storage systems, rather than purchasing expensive surplus power. In return, GMP will issue credits to customers based on the amount of energy transferred from the ...
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Dominion Energy Launches Grid Transformation Program
Dominion Energy Virginia customers stand to benefit from a smarter, stronger and greener energy grid in the first set of plans filed this week under the Grid Transformation & Security Act (GTSA). The landmark legislation, signed by Gov. Ralph Northam, became effective July 1 and provides a roadmap for Virginia'senergy future. Dominion Energy is committing to having 3,000 megawatts of new ...
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NERC: Collective Focus Imperative for Mitigating Emerging Risks to Grid Reliability
Five significant evolving and interdependent risks -- energy policy, grid transformation, resilience to extreme events, security risks and critical infrastructure interdependencies -- are identified in the 2023 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report. Energy policy is a new risk profile and has broad implications across the risk profiles, the report notes, as it catalyzes changes and has the ...
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Dominion Energy Foresees Even Greater Growth of Renewable Energy
Dominion Energy Virginia's solar fleet could expand by at least 4,720 megawatts of capacity in the next 15 years, according to the company's Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) filed on 5/1 with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). That's enough energy to power 1.18 million homes at peak sunlight and a nearly 50 percent increase over the forecast of 3,200 megawatts presented last year.The ...
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Dominion Energy Virginia Focusing on Second Phase of Grid Transformation Plan
Dominion Energy Virginia customers will continue to experience more reliable service, new tools to manage energy usage, and greater access to clean energy sources as efforts continue on the Company's ten-year plan to transform the electric distribution grid. With Phase I of the Grid Transformation Plan (GT Plan) currently underway, Dominion Energy Virginia is now focusing its efforts on the ...
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Next Phase of Grid Transformation Plan Approved for Dominion Energy Virginia Customers
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) recently (Jan 7) approved, subject to certain requirements, Phase II of the Grid Transformation Plan (GT Plan), the Company's ten-year plan to transform the electric distribution grid. This approval aligns with the customer-focused, state regulated utility framework in Virginia. That framework has resulted in nationally leading decarbonization ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Invests $7.5 Million to Strengthen Power Grid Resilience
Recently (11/14), the U.S. Department of Energy announced awards of up to $7.5 million to support the research and development of innovative designs that will strengthen the resilience of the U.S. power grid. The selected projects will lead to the next generation of transformers that can be shared and replaced more easily in the event of a failure, are smarter with embedded sensors and analytics, ...
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Dominion Energy Announces Battery Storage Pilot Projects
Dominion Energy Virginia announced four battery storage pilot projects to help pave the way for additional energy storage technology needed to support the company's increase in renewables and to improve grid reliability.The four utility-scale battery storage pilot projects totaling 16 megawatts are the largest projects of their kind in Virginia. The projects were filed with the State Corporation ...
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VELCO and IBM Research Announce the Creation of Utopus Insights
Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) and IBM announced the creation of Utopus Insights, Inc., based in Valhalla, NY. Utopus Insights is a new company that will strive to be a leading provider of the next generation of intelligent energy solutions. VELCO, an electric transmission company owned by in-state electric distribution companies, will be an investor and strategic partner of Utopus ...
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Smart Grid Discussions Take Center Stage in Australia
At the recent NG Utilities Summit Australia, discussions were about the role the Smart Grid will play in transforming energy delivery in Australia. One hundred leaders from the Australian Utilities sector met to discuss the changes that are reshaping the traditional roles of utilities, creating opportunities for new technologies, and how it is redefining the scope and character of the sectors ...
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NERC Disturbance Report Emphasizes Continued Need for Industry Action, Provides Recommendations
As inverter-based resources, including modern wind turbines, solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage systems, continue to drive grid transformation, they may also introduce potential risks to the system, as documented by NERC in multiple disturbance reports. As part of its Inverter-Based Resource Strategy, NERC is dedicated to identifying and addressing these challenges, sharing risk ...
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IBM Continues to Advance Smart Grid Developments in Korea
In conjunction with the semi-annual Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition (GIUNC) meeting, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced its collaboration with Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO), on the building of the Total Operations Center at the Jeju Smart Grid Test-Bed Demonstration Complex. The center will allow the 160 companies and 11 consortia members operating at the Jeju Complex to ...
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The Neural Grid Will Deliver a Powerful Platform for New Value Creation
A new white paper from Navigant Research explores the concept of the Neural Grid, identifying the critical components expected to transform legacy infrastructure into a platform that will eventually support a fully mature Energy Cloud environment. Today’s smart grid enhances the traditional transmission and distribution (T&D) network with pockets of automation, connectivity, and ...
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Frost & Sullivan Lauds Itron for Its Unique Open-Architecture Smart Grid Solutions
Frost & Sullivan announced today it has recognized Itron, Inc. with the 2011 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Quality Leadership based on the firm's recent analysis of the smart meter market. Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to a company that has developed high-quality products with innovative features and functionalities that enhance customer value and ...
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National Grid Partners Invests $20M in Startups to Transform the Grid
National Grid Partners (NGP), the corporate venture and innovation arm of one of the world’s largest utility companies, this week announced investments of $20M across three startups to transform the way utilities and other enterprises manage vast physical infrastructure. “Utilities have long been known for size and reliability but need access to new solutions to better serve customers and the ...
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ORNL Demonstrates Power of New Modeling Approach to Understand Faults in the Electric Grid
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are leading the way in understanding the effects of electrical faults in the modern U.S. power grid.Faults are abnormal conditions in an electrical circuit that interrupt the flow of power, with the potential to cause blackouts that affect thousands of customers. Faults can be caused by equipment failure, human error, weather ...
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NREL Positions for Growth in Cybersecurity for Renewables, Launches New Program Office
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently announced the launch of the new Cybersecurity Program Office (CPO). The CPO was established to accelerate NREL's leadership in securing renewable energy technologies and distributed energy systems. The new office will be led by Jonathan White, former manager of NREL's Secure Cyber-Energy Systems Group. White has significantly increased ...
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Itron and Cisco Launch Next-Generation Smart Grid Platform
Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that, in partnership with Cisco, it has brought to market their combined next-generation smart grid platform, delivering on the companies’ vision to create a secure, scalable and multi-service IPv6-based communications architecture. This next-generation platform will help utilities accelerate adoption and simplify ...
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