Important Electric Grid Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Energy’s New Report The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released its first installment of its Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) – a comprehensive report examining how the United States can modernize energy infrastructure to promote economic competitiveness, energy security, and environmental responsibility. This installment contains many good … Continue reading Important Electric Grid Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Energy’s New Report→
Entergy transmission project moves along with MISO approval The Midcontinent ISO (MISO) board of directors recently approved the proposed Lake Charles Transmission Project, Entergy Chairman and CEO Leo Denault said on April 28 during the company’s 1Q15 earnings webcast. Entergy’s Entergy Gulf States Louisiana in January told TransmissionHub about plans to add around 25 miles … Continue reading #Entergy transmission project moves along with MISO approval→
PJM Picks LS Power for Artificial Island Stability Fix; Dominion Loses Out VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM planners will recommend to the Board of Managers that LS Power build a new 230-kV transmission line from New Jersey’s Artificial Island to Delaware to address stability issues at the nuclear complex, they announced Tuesday at a special … Continue reading PJM Picks #LS_Power for Artificial Island Stability Fix; #Dominion Loses Out→
Sorry, But the Sky (and the Electricity Power Grid) Is Not Falling Quite curiously, every time there are regulations in Washington that affect industries and big corporations, their paid lobbyists and industry trade groups scream as loudly as they possibly can that the sky is falling, the economy will get worse and systems will fail. … Continue reading Sorry, But the Sky (and the Electricity Power Grid) Is Not Falling→
Energy Department: The U.S. energy grid needs $15 billion in upgrades Severe weather is the leading cause of power disruptions, costing the U.S. economy from $18 billion to $33 billion a year, and climate change will only make it worse, a White House review on energy infrastructure concludes. The report, released Tuesday by the Energy … Continue reading Energy Department: The U.S. #energy_grid needs $15 billion in upgrades→
Plug pulled on proposed power project AN FRANCISCO – (INT) – The California Public Utilities Commission Monday issued a Proposed Decision that would deny without prejudice Southern California Edison’s request to construct the Coolwater-Lugo Transmission Project. The Proposed Decision cites comments from the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) that the need for the project no … Continue reading Plug pulled on proposed power project→
Exelon (EXC) Unit to Reduce Electricity Distribution Rate Commonwealth Edison Company (“ComEd”), a unit of Exelon Corporation (EXC – Analyst Report), filed its annual delivery service formula rate request for the distribution of electricity to the Illinois Commerce Commission (“ICC”). If approved by the concerned authority, residential consumers will be getting electricity at lower remunerations … Continue reading #Exelon (#EXC) Unit to Reduce Electricity Distribution Rate→
Just How Unreliable Is The U.S. Electricity Grid? Not only does the U.S. suffer more blackouts than any other developed nation… The number of U.S. power outages lasting more than an hour has increased steadily for the past decade. That’s according to federal databases at the Department of Energy (DOE) and the North American Electric … Continue reading Just How Unreliable Is The U.S. Electricity Grid?→
Mid-Atlantic Spot Power Rises After Transmission Lines Trip Spot wholesale electricity jumped in the mid-Atlantic states after unplanned transmission outages created grid bottlenecks. D.C. Homeland Security officials said an explosion at a power facility in southern Maryland may have caused electricity to surge into Washington, the Washington Post reported, citing unidentified officials. Power was lost … Continue reading #Mid-Atlantic Spot Power Rises After Transmission Lines Trip→
BREAKING NEWS: Power plant explosion caused electrical grid surge, triggered outages across D.C. and Maryland WASHINGTON (WJLA/AP) – The White House, State Department, Capitol and University of Maryland were all affected by widespread power outages across Washington and its Maryland suburbs on Tuesday afternoon. PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Power plant explosion caused electrical grid surge, triggered outages across D.C. and Maryland→
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