Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 04:07:28 +0000
The Southern California utility company SDG&E has a goal of electrifying 100% of its fleet of vehicles (passenger cars, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles) by 2030. It has provided an update that it has now reached 20% and is on track for that 2030 target. SDG&E also has a goal of reaching net zero […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:51:50 +0000
Tesla has launched a new division, or perhaps we should say a new offering — Tesla Electric. Starting in Texas, this is an electricity plan from Tesla. In other words, Tesla could be your utility. As the company stated in an introductory tweet, “Introducing Tesla Electric, the electricity plan that offers low-cost clean energy for […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:09:47 +0000
EY earlier this month released the findings from its Energy Consumer Survey 2022. The report is “focused on how energy impacts the lifestyles and wallets of consumers,” according to the company. EY is the trade name for Ernst & Young, the multinational professional services group headquartered in London, UK. The report is based on a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 07:36:43 +0000
Does increasing the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the grid actually result in lower utility costs for all customers? That is just what a recently revised study found. The study shows that EV users are not receiving subsidies from other customers and that, in fact, they are driving prices down. Overall, EV consumers have […]
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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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 […]
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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