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First-Ever Solar-Energy Projects on Public Lands Given Greenlight
November 2010
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  • Miscellaneous

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the first large-scale solar-energy plants ever to be built on public lands.

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Smart Grid Is Coming to Baltimore
by
Rick Laezman
| November 2010
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  • Your Business

After clearing some regulatory hurdles, the power provider for central Maryland is set to unveil a new smart grid. In September, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.

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Follow the Money
by
Chuck Ross
| October 2010
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  • Your Business

So, you’ve heard this before, but solar power today is really on the verge of going mainstream. How do we know that, this time, the odds are better than ever? By following the money.

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Transmission Project Charging up in Western Wisconsin
by
Rick Laezman
| September 2010
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  • Systems

Officials at a Waukesha, Wisc., utility have announced plans to move forward with a project they have been studying for more than two years. In July, American Transmission Co. (ATC) decided that it was time to kick-start the proposed Badger Coulee Transmission Line into the public outreach stage.

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Smart Revolt Heats up in California
by
Rick Laezman
| September 2010
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  • Miscellaneous

California has a long history of rebellious behavior, dating back to the Bear Flag Rebellion that sought to make the then-Mexican territory into an independent nation. Settling for statehood in the United States more than a century ago apparently didn’t dampen the spirit of dissension.

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Associations to Create Standard for Smart Grid Model
September 2010
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  • Systems

Homes, commercial and institutional buildings, and industrial facilities are about to get a lot smarter in terms of electrical use.

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Partnership for Solar and Energy-Efficiency Project in California Announced
September 2010
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  • Miscellaneous

Chevron Energy Solutions, San Francisco, and the city of Brea, Calif., announced that construction of an energy efficiency and solar project has begun and is expected to save the city more than $13 million.

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Texas Houses Biggest U.S. Battery
by
Mike Breslin
| September 2010
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  • Systems

The popular claim is that everything is bigger in Texas. When it comes to utility-scale batteries, it’s no exaggeration, now that a 4-megawatt (MW) sodium-sulfur battery system is operational in Presidio, Texas.

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More Than Just a Meter
by
Chuck Ross
| August 2010
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  • Your Business

The term “smart grid” is getting a lot of use these days, with related stimulus funding reaching into the billions of dollars and the popular press promising Jetsons-like advances; it has been predicted to enable our control of home appliances from our office desktops and allow us to supply electri

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Pulseclosing Technology Allowsfor Smarter Power Distribution
by
Mike Breslin
| July 2010
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  • Your Business

As the electric grid develops to incorporate renewable generation, more robust transmission and smart meters, utilities are beginning to work on the final segment of delivery by automating their distribution networks.

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Smart Grid Experiencing Growing Pains
by
Mike Breslin
| July 2010
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  • Systems

Smart Grid pilot and demonstration programs are underway in 33 states, according to a new report, “Smart Grid Growing Pains” from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

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Duke Energy Accepts $204 Million in ARRA Funds to Support Grid Modernization
July 2010
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  • Your Business

Duke Energy, an electric utility for the Southeast and Midwest, has finalized an agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE) for $204 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to support smart grid projects in the company’s five-state service territory.

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Friendly Transmission
by
Chuck Ross
| June 2010
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  • Your Business

“Tres Amigas” means “three friends” in Spanish, and developers of a major transmission hub bearing that amicable moniker hope their efforts to join North America’s three largest transmission interconnections proceed in an equally friendly fashion.

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Investment in Transmission Upgrades Continues to Grow
by
Rick Laezman
| June 2010
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  • Systems

If we build it, the power will come. This appears to be the mantra for U.S. electric utilities, which continue to pour more money into transmission upgrades.

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Obama Administration Invests in Smart Grid Worker Training
by
Rick Laezman
| June 2010
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  • Your Business

The Obama Administration has pinned much of its economic recovery efforts on an infusion of dollars into a massive campaign to upgrade and overhaul the nation’s energy generation and delivery systems.

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First Electric Provider to Offer Prepaid Power at 30 to 40 Percent Less
by
Mike Breslin
| May 2010
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  • Your Business

Nations Power, a certificated retail electric provider to smart-metered customers in Texas, recently announced that it is providing prepaid, real-time pricing for electricity to customers at rates 30 to 40 percent lower than other prepaid companies that bill on an estimated basis, which costs the c

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Glendale, Calif., First in Nation to Sign Contract for Federal Smart Grid Grant
May 2010
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  • Your Business

Glendale Water & Power (GWP) signed a contract for a $20 million federal Smart Grid Investment Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), becoming the first city in the nation to receive smart grid funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

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Duke Energy Offers Customers Coupons for CFLs
May 2010
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  • Miscellaneous

Duke Energy, Charlotte, N.C., is offering coupons for energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to its customers in North Carolina and South Carolina to help them save money on their electricity bills and reduce the need for additional power plants.

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Georgia Power Wins Energy Star Award
April 2010
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  • Miscellaneous

Georgia Power earned the 2010 Energy Star Partner of the Year award for Program Delivery from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) in recognition for educating and delivering energy-efficiency programs to consumers throughout Georgia.

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North American Utilities Embrace Efficiency
by
Rick Laezman
| April 2010
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  • Green Building

In the epic battle to combat climate change and address the growing need for affordable power, it helps to have everyone working for a common cause. Luckily, while the federal government has emphasized, with rhetoric and dollars, the vital role of energy efficiency, so has the utility sector.

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