This month, three members of the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce released the legislative framework of the draft Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act, with the goal of...
What is happening in low-voltage work? And what do contractors expect for the future? “We are currently experiencing a couple of significant trends,” said Joe Carey, registered communications distribution designer (RCDD) and...
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released its “2019 Standard Scenario Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook.” The Report is published annually to inform energy system...
According to the December 2019 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. onshore wind capacity now exceeds 100 gigawatts. EIA noted that, “Cumulative U.S. installed onshore wind capacity exceeded 100...
Despite predictions by industry experts for weakening construction starts in late 2019 and into 2020, construction starts are actually continuing to increase. According to the latest report from Dodge Data & Analytics...
While grid modernization, especially advances in cybersecurity, has been at the forefront of discussions for electric utilities, utility associations and governmental agencies, it is now gaining even more support in the...
Electrical contractors with the capability to do distributed energy projects may see a big bump in business in California next year. On December 11, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposed an annual...
According to the latest annual report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), “Seventh Annual Energy Report: Clean Energy Opportunities and Dirty Energy Challenges,” the nation’s electric utilities have emerged as...
2018 was strong for construction starts. Although there was talk of slowing down in the latter half of 2019, that did not happen. In fact, the last half of 2019 has seen even stronger growth than the first. The early months...
After several years of a reduced number of inspections, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration performed more inspections in 2019 than they in any year since 2016. From fiscal year (FY) Oct. 1, 2013 to Sept. 3...
U.S. electric utilities are regulated by state public utility commissions (PUCs). In fact, not much can or does happen with a utility that is not sanctioned or required by the state’s PUC. When the national organization that...
On Nov. 21, the City of Cincinnati released details of a plan to build the largest municipal solar array in the United States—a 100 megawatt (MW) solar installation. The project will be installed approximately 40 miles east...
