Utilities balk on security fix due to NERC rules
February 6, 2015 -- Affordable protection from attacks goes unused: Fixing the grid-security problems identified in the Idaho National Labs Aurora Project would require adding technology to each...
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February 9, 2015 -- Telefónica Germany makes RF mesh device . . . Lockheed Martin, Dominion offer outage detector
View ArticleFY 2016 budget request includes 'smart, resilient grid'
February 9, 2015 -- President Barack Obama's $30 billion FY 2016 budget request for DOE included $2.72 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy to "continue a diverse suite of sustained...
View ArticleBidgely teams with ComEd on home-monitor pilot
February 9, 2015 -- Data analytics firm Bidgely will work with Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) on a home energy-use monitor for the utility's residential customers, the pair told the press last week....
View ArticleDOE report calls FERC document security 'lacking'
February 9, 2015 -- DOE's inspector general (IG) found FERC's controls for protecting non-public information were severely lacking, it said in an "inspection report" publicized last week. The report...
View ArticleAMI saves Central Maine Power $8 million in 1 year
February 9, 2015 -- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW -- Iberdrola to use data in New York regulatory efforts: An internal analysis Central Maine Power (CMP) finished last month found the Augusta, Maine, power...
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February 10, 2015 -- Aeris, Badger Meter do water AMI project . . . New AvaLAN radios help manage smart grid . . . 8MinutEnergy, SPower to build solar farm
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View ArticleWisconsin court challenges new PSC net-metering limits
February 10, 2015 -- A Wisconsin court is challenging two PSC decisions to effectively scale back net-metering programs, the solar advocacy group Renew Wisconsin told the press yesterday. Renew...
View ArticleJackson EMC cites Apogee for rise in customer engagement
February 10, 2015 -- Jackson Electric Membership Cooperative (EMC) is attributing a five-fold increase in members signing up for its "energy fitness" tracking service last summer over the previous...
View ArticlePG&E asks to build, sell power at 25,000 EV chargers
February 10, 2015 -- Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) asked California regulators for permission to build 25,000 EV chargers in its northern and central California service area, the utility told...
View ArticleIllinois implements statewide smart meter outreach
February 10, 2015 -- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW -- Cultural, hard-to-reach groups get special attention: Several organizations with 2014 grants administered by the Illinois Science & Environment...
View ArticleHouse Republicans share energy plans for this Congress
February 11, 2015 -- The House Energy & Commerce Committee's majority Republicans Monday released a framework for a comprehensive energy bill they hope to pass this Congress. The package focused on...
View ArticleEos picks Ideal converters for utility-scale power storage
February 11, 2015 -- Eos Energy Storage ordered over 1 MW of Ideal Power's power converters for upcoming projects, following a demonstration of the converter with an Eos battery system in a...
View ArticleSunEdison to add 22 MWs of rooftop PV for LADWP
February 11, 2015 -- SunEdison is set to work with Los Angeles-based solar firm PermaCity to develop, build and run 22 MWs of rooftop PVs as part of a contract with the Los Angeles Dept of Water &...
View ArticleDuke Energy hopes to help pay for rooftop solar
February 11, 2015 -- Will ask South Carolina PSC to OK solar farms, too: Duke Energy is proposing several solar programs in South Carolina that, pending PSC approval, will add 110 MWs of solar energy...
View ArticleSilver Spring to do smart streetlights in Baltimore, Chicago, DC
February 12, 2015 -- Baltimore Gas & Electric, Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) in Chicago and the Washington, DC, metro area's Pepco chose Silver Spring Networks to help them with networked streetlight...
View ArticleCalifornia PUC wants new rules for physical grid security
February 12, 2015 -- The California PUC should open a rulemaking to "evaluate and update existing requirements regarding physical security of the electric system," the regulatory agency told the press...
View ArticleNYSERDA contest seeks making microgrids mainstream
February 12, 2015 -- NYSERDA is calling for applications for its $40 million NY Prize microgrid competition, Gov Andrew Cuomo told the press yesterday, noting that a webinar to discuss details of the...
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