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Southern CEO: Data Center Demand, Regulatory Changes Could Keep Coal-Fired Units Online

November 13, 2024 admin 0 Comments chris womack, climate change, Coal, data centers, DOE, EEI, Environmental, Georgia Power, Legislative, news, plant bowen, power, Southern Company

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:21:20 +0000

Utilities recognizing the need to produce more electricity, in part to satisfy demand from data centers, may keep coal-fired units in operation longer than anticipated. A lessening of environmental regulations […]

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NVIDIA CEO: AI Will Impact the Future of Energy

June 18, 2024 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, edison international, EEI, engineering, Instrumentation & Controls, jensen huang, LAS VEGAS, news, nvidia, pedro pizarro, power, Power Demand, Research and Development, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 03:04:30 +0000

The future of energy may depend on technology with roots in the video game industry, by a company founded more than 30 years ago that wanted to use accelerated computing […]

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DOE Eases Requirements in Final Transformer Efficiency Standards Amid Supply Chain Strain

April 16, 2024 admin amorphous metal, appa, distribution transformers, DOE, EEI, efficiency, electrical steel, electrification, full coverage, goes, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, nreca, nrel, power, power industry, standards, supply chain, supply chains

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:08:46 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) final energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers appear to strike a compromise with industry, softening the agency’s stance on steel requirements for essential transformer […]

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Improving the U.S. Electric Power Grid: Mitigating Vulnerabilities and Enhancing Operation

June 2, 2023 admin EEI, full coverage, inertia, news, power, power grid, Renewables, Safety, Smart Grid, synchronous condenser, T&D, Technology, watt coalition

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:29:47 +0000

The U.S. power grid has many vulnerabilities, but power companies, with additional support from the government, are investing in the system and enhancing its operation through new innovative technology. The

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U.S. Power Sector Trade Groups Flag Critical Electrical Steel Crunch

May 25, 2023 admin amorphous steel, appa, Business, DOE, EEI, electrification, energy security, evs, goes, iija, irã, Legal & Regulatory, lpts, news, nreca, Policy, supply chain, Technology, trade groups, transformers

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 14:52:46 +0000

Nine trade groups—including four representing the power sector—have urged the Biden administration to prioritize actions that support the domestic production of electrical steel, warning that shortages are contributing to “significant […]

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Reconsider Distribution Transformer Efficiency Standards, Power Groups Urge DOE

February 16, 2023 admin appa, Business, distributed power, distribution transformers, DOE, EEI, full coverage, gridwise, news, nreca, supply chain, supply chains, Technology, transformers

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:12:32 +0000

Three major electric power trade groups in a letter on Feb. 15 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to reconsider proposed energy efficiency conservation standards for distribution transformers, citing “severe and ongoing supply chain challenges that have prolonged and complicated distribution transformer production and availability.” The letter was sent ahead of a public meeting scheduled […]

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Energy Groups Make Plans to Deal with Coronavirus; EEI Issues Bulletin

March 18, 2020 admin Business, caiso, coronavirus, covid-19, EEI, ferc, grid, MISO, nerc, news, NYISO, operations, pandemic

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:33:03 +0000

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The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), whose membership includes all investor-owned U.S. power companies, has told its members to prepare contingency plans for their operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several U.S. grid operators already have announced measures designed to keep employees as safe as possible, while maintaining the reliability of the nation’s power supply. The […]

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FERC, NERC Want to Disclose Names, Penalties for Cybersecurity Reliability Violations

August 28, 2019 admin appa, Business, ceii, connected plant, critical energy/electric infrastructure information, Cybersecurity, DOE, EEI, ferc, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, nerc, news, nop, nreca, penalties, privacy, private sector, Security, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:52:16 +0000

The names of bulk power system entities that violate federal critical infrastructure cybersecurity reliability standards—along with identification of standards violated and penalties assessed—may soon be routinely disclosed under changes proposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Reliability Corp. (NERC). The proposed changes, which FERC and NERC outlined in an Aug. […]

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Decarbonization, Electrification Key Among 8 Priorities for U.S. Investor-Owned Power Companies

February 7, 2019 admin Business, Coal, decarbonization, EEI, electrification, environmental sustainability, Gas, investor-owned utilities, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, market forecast, Markets, news, Nuclear, Power Demand, Renewables, storm response, Technology, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:24:04 +0000

In line with customer preferences, U.S. investor-owned electric companies are heavily invested in decarbonization and electrification, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) told Wall Street analysts and bankers on Feb. 6. In its annual presentation to potential investors and industry observers, the trade association that represents every investor-owned electric companies in the nation lamented a number […]

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Manila News

MRT 7 contractor pays P25,000-fine for causing heavy traffic along Elliptical Road in Quezon City

January 20, 2019 admin EEI, elliptical road traffic, latest stories, MRT-7, Today's Breaking News, Transport

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:56:00 +0000

THE contractor of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 7 finally paid the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) P25,000 as penalty for putting up a 2-kilometer barrier along Elliptical Road in…READ

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