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Four Forces Shaping U.S. Utilities in 2023

December 8, 2022 admin Business, Cybersecurity, e&y, energy security, Management, news, power, Technology, transition, trends, utilities

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:43:48 +0000

In 2023, U.S. utilities have a multipronged ambition to realize: how to provide customers with reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, and safe water. However, increased pressure around decarbonization and the adoption of cleaner energy sources, electrification, and related infrastructure needs, and customer-driven disruption will make this energy trilemma even more difficult to balance. Management at […]

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The Next Step for Utilities in Workforce Transformation

November 21, 2022 admin Commentary, employment, jobs, power, utilities, workers, workforce

Credit to Author: Gary McAuliffe| Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:31:28 +0000

Hurricane Ian, which struck Florida in late September last year, was a devastating storm and a harsh reminder of the impact of Mother Nature’s wrath. Unfortunately, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and powerful, and our aging grid is struggling to keep up. COMMENTARY Sanibel Island on Florida’s west coast, for example, lost power […]

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FERC: Investors with Utility Board Members are Affiliates

November 2, 2022 admin board of directors, Commentary, ferc, Legal, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, regulatory, utilities, utility

Credit to Author: Maxwell Multer| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:19:05 +0000

Building on analysis in its February 2021 Public Citizen, Inc. v. Centerpoint Energy, Inc. opinion, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued decisions in Evergy Kansas, Inc. (Evergy) and Transalta Energy Marketing (U.S.), Inc. (Transalta) analyzing whether investments that were under 10% of outstanding voting shares, but were paired with appointment of directors that […]

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How Utilities Can Solve ‘Time of Use’ Rate Rollout Puzzle in Just Three Steps

October 29, 2022 admin Business, customers, general, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, time of use rates, uplight, utilities

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:47:07 +0000

In a constantly plugged-in world, people rely on always available and uninterrupted electricity, now more than ever. While the electric industry has invested significantly to meet customers’ demand on the grid, utilities increasingly turn to their customers to provide reliable, cost-effective grid services with customer-sited distributed energy resources (DERs) like energy storage and demand response. […]

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California’s Electricity Rates Should Be Unbundled — Op-Ed

September 12, 2022 admin California, california net metering, california solar energy, california solar net metering, clean power, electricity prices, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar net metering, subsidies, utilities

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 22:49:33 +0000

The discussion about California’s grid, rooftop solar energy, and net metering goes on. Following up on the comments under this article and then this article as well as years of debate, research reports, lobbying, solar industry pushback, and a net metering update that seems to be in complete limbo, below is a comment from CleanTechnica […]

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The POWER Interview: Modeling Solutions for the Future of Energy

August 31, 2022 admin Business, clean energy, data, didem cataloglu, digitization, direxyon technologies, engineering, esg, Instrumentation & Controls, Interview, O&M, Plant Design, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:43:42 +0000

Utilities function in the present but must always plan for the future. That’s even more true today, as the rapid pace of change with power generation technologies, and the transition to cleaner forms of energy, means utilities—whether they deal with electricity, natural gas, water, transportation, or are a municipality that pays attention to all those […]

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San Diego Electric School Bus Puts Electricity Into The Grid

August 1, 2022 admin California, clean transport, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, grid, san-diego, SDG&E, Smart Grid, utilities, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 05:45:27 +0000

What’s cooler than an electric school bus? An electric school bus with vehicle-to-grid capability. And that’s what some schools in San Diego, California, now have. San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), the Cajon Valley Union School District, an Nuvve have just kicked off a vehicle-to-grid trial with 8 electric school buses. Naturally, the plan is […]

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San Diego Electric School Buses Shuttling Electricity Into The Grid Now

July 30, 2022 admin California, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, grid, nuvve, san diego gas & electric, san-diego, SDG&E, Smart Grid, utilities, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 05:47:27 +0000

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What Firefighters Can Teach Us About Preparing The Grid For Extreme Weather

June 25, 2022 admin climate change, firefighters, policy research, research, SCIENCE, utilities

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:14:15 +0000

Preparing for emergencies and preventing disasters requires planning, equipment and communications. This is true for fighting fires and for keeping the electric power system operating in extreme weather. Firefighters have strategic plans regarding territory to address, as well as operational plans. Equipment includes fire trucks, protective gear and hoses. First responders need to share communications, […]

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Colorado Regulators Approve Plan That Phases Out Coal By 2031

June 24, 2022 admin climate change, Coal, COLORADO, colorado public utilities commission, Fossil Fuels, nrdc, policy & politics, policy research, Sierra Club, utilities, xcel energy

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:43:28 +0000

With a unanimous decision, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Xcel’s plan to accelerate the end of coal in the state. The updated settlement — which was supported by NRDC, Sierra Club, and other parties and approved by the PUC with some modifications — is a win for the climate, Xcel customers, and […]