Weather often reminds us of its destructive abilities, and just as quickly, people bounce back. On Jan. 29–30, a powerful Nor’easter walloped East Coast states with up to 2 feet of snow. Eversource, the utility providing gas...
In July 2021, the Holland Board of Public Works (HBPW) in Michigan announced that its newest utility truck was going to be a hybrid vehicle, which is cleaner, quieter and less expensive to maintain than traditional utility...
Funding for improved electricity transmission figured highly in every iteration of the infrastructure legislation, with good reason. Regional transmission organizations and independent system operators (ISOs) managing...
According to a new report by Steve Cicala, an assistant professor and Neubauer faculty fellow at Tufts University, Medford, Mass., while utilities have multiple challenges and unexpected additional expenses as a result of the...
As commercial- and utility-scale solar operations have moved from niche electricity-market players to major generating resources, some utilities and developers are finding it more difficult to gain approval for new projects...
In a rare move the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding to partner on the Energy Sector Pathfinder...
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...
We’ve been hearing for several years now that electrical utilities are approaching a time of transformation. It’s been predicted that distributed energy resources (DERs), such as rooftop solar systems and battery-based energy...
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) released its "2019 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot" report this month. SEPA is an educational nonprofit that works to facilitate the electric power industry's transition to a...