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This year, the average monthly residential electric bill reached $182 nationally, the highest amount ever recorded by J.D. Power—and customers aren’t happy. According to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. ...
A combination of improved business outlooks, stabilizing rates and improved communications have helped business customer satisfaction with electric utilities significantly increase this year. According to the J.D. Power 2024 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study, released this week, overall business customer satisfaction with ...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is deploying Atomic Canyon's artificial intelligence-powered solutions for the nuclear energy sector at PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power Plant. ...
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) this week released its Clean Power Quarterly Market Report | Q2 2024, showcasing extraordinary growth and milestones across the U.S. clean power landscape. In a record-breaking second quarter, U.S. developers added 11 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale clean power ...
Additional investors in the round include global engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti and family offices.Aeromine will capitalize on the latest investment round to expand its reach through increased production scale and global market development.At a time when maximizing on-site generation and transitioning to clean energy is more critical than ever, Aeromine notes that the company has created a ...
“Electric utility operators are looking for tools that help them understand current system status, to predict what will happen in the future, and then present a recommendation to what kind of actions they need to take to prepare for that future,” said Yousu Chen, a PNNL power-system modeling and simulation expert. ...
The county-specific weather data, enhanced by a free visualization tool, can predict a building's energy use down to the day and hour.ORNL project lead Joshua New said the data, made publicly available a few months ago, is already being utilized more than expected. Power companies are using it to project future electricity demand, cities are developing ...
By Natasha HeadlandElectric vehicles that use high-power charging are quickly becoming the new standard—understanding the grid impacts of high-power charging will ensure intergrid reliability and keep charging costs low.High-power charging is quickly becoming the new standard for electric vehicles. ...
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) reached a significant milestone June 4, when it filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amendments to its tariff that include provisions specific to its western members. ...
With 5.3 billion internet users, rapid adoption of these new tools could increase power demands substantially. At the same time, computing facilities are becoming more concentrated, with single facilities now requesting power consumption that can range from the equivalent of 80,000 to 800,000 homes, exacerbating power delivery challenges.Drawing ...
About Energy Vault Energy Vault® develops and deploys utility-scale energy storage solutions designed to transform the world's approach to sustainable energy storage. ...
The announcement of a grid infrastructure action plan by the Utilities for Net Zero Alliance is a significant step to addressing this urgent need, showcasing the central role that utilities can play in transforming our energy systems and realising net zero targets.”H.E. ...
The awarded plant, located in Richmond Hill, will specifically produce Power Electric Systems which are integral to the production of electric vehicles. ...
Caterpillar Inc. announced this week that Liberty - New Hampshire, a local electric provider, has selected Caterpillar to supply turnkey virtual power plant (VPP) solutions for Liberty’s battery storage pilot.Under the initiative, Liberty has installed 2,600 kWh of lithium-ion battery storage at 100 homes to charge overnight when demand and rates are low, reduce peak load during ...
EDF Renewables North America this week announced a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for a portion of the Bonanza Solar and Storage project. The carbon-free electricity generated by the 125 MWac solar photovoltaic (PV) system and 65 MW 4-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is guaranteed to begin ...
When the pumps shut down, they almost always stop at a fixed power level, said Yilu Liu, lead for the project and UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for power grids. ...
Tantalus Systems, a smart grid technology company focused on helping utilities harness the power of data, this week announced the commercial launch of its data analytics capability, TRUGrid™ Transformer, which is being deployed by a growing number of utilities across North America. ...
This new competitive funding opportunity will be available to public and private sector stakeholders, universities, and DOE's National Laboratories and will help advance next-generation innovations that strengthen the resilience of America's energy systems, which include the power grid, electric utilities, pipelines, and renewable energy generation sources like ...
Power 2023 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study,SM released this week, overall business customer satisfaction with electric utilities has reached an all-time low of 754 (on a 1,000-point scale) driven by a combination of steadily rising prices and a perceived lack of concern for their needs, support and engagement. ...
AutoGrid, a leader in harnessing distributed energy resources for flexible capacity, this week (Nov 13) announced an expanded partnership with Puget Sound Energy (PSE), Washington state's largest utility, on a virtual power plant (VPP) solution built on the AutoGrid Flex platform. ...