The growth in plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) can put strain on nearby transformers, causing overloads, premature aging and potential failures. Fortunately, there is a solution: installation of battery energy storage systems...
On Friday, Nov. 5, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The package authorizes the spending of $550 billion of new investment over several years, including billions of dollars...
A decade ago, electric vehicles (EVs) started gaining traction on the U.S. East and West Coasts and in Texas, but movement away from petroleum-fueled vehicles seemed to stall in the Midwest. Even so, as early as 2010, the...
Electrical contractors are used to facing challenges without easy answers. Over the last decade, Lake Erie Electric of Toledo Inc., Bowling Green, Ohio, has leveraged what the company calls its Off-Site Support Services (OSSS...
Sustainability is a goal at the Indianapolis International Airport (IND). Among the numerous awards the airport has received are Airports Council International’s Airport Service Quality Award for Best Airport in North America...
There’s a future for electric cars that involves more than driving. Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI) occurs when electric vehicles (EV) and charging stations interact with the electrical grid. This interplay could be one more...
On Thursday, August 5, NECA took part in a roundtable discussion with the U.S. Department of Energy, conducted by Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm with Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich. A variety of business leaders were...
Last week, General Motors, the nation's largest automaker, and Bechtel, the nation's largest construction company, announced plans to team up to build thousands of electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging stations around the...
In 2011, President Barack Obama announced a goal of getting 1 million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2015. Now it looks like that goal will be met by the end of this year. Beyond that, two manufacturers are...
A new initiative announced this month, and spearheaded by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), called the "Northeast Corridor Regional Strategy for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure," is...
City governments have always played an important role in the growth of new technology, such as Wi-Fi networks, renewable power, energy efficiency and LEDs. Another new technology, electric vehicles (EVs), is experiencing...
Until recently, the city of Pittsburgh had 10 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to fuel its fleet of EVs. The city is adding five more, and the state of Montana announced it is adding three new EV charging stations to...
