Quadlogic meters used in ritzy New York skyscraper
February 12, 2015 -- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW -- PSC OKs smart meter that can monitor 12 apartments: Quadlogic just wrapped up the installation of over 200 of its smart meters at One57, a 75-story...
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February 13, 2015 -- CenterPoint offers detailed outage alerts . . . Tessco sells GE power gear for networks
View ArticleAmeren helps teach smart grid at University of Illinois
February 13, 2015 -- The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign now hosts an Ameren "innovation center" on its campus to research smart grid-related technology and products, the university told the...
View ArticleNevada orders NV Energy to report on Sensus malfunctions
February 13, 2015 -- Nevada's PUC ordered NV Energy to review the causes behind a spate of Sensus smart meter failures in the utility's service area, the PUC told the press last week. The utility is...
View ArticleSmart meter opt-outs tangled in California scandal
February 13, 2015 -- TURN questions communications between PG&E, PUC: Ratepayer advocacy group the Utility Reform Network (TURN) supports the California PUC's decision ordering Pacific Gas &...
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February 17, 2015 -- Minnesota co-op picks Elster AMI . . . EDMI to expand use of On-Ramp in AMI . . . British Gas to buy AlertMe for $100 million
View ArticleMichigan PSC finds big growth in state's renewables
February 17, 2015 -- Michigan's power providers are on track to meet the state's 10% renewable energy requirement, the state's PSC said last week in its fifth report on Michigan's renewable-energy...
View ArticleChargePoint CEO balks at PG&E plan to own EV charge sites
February 17, 2015 -- EV charging gear maker and operator ChargePoint is against PG&E's proposed plan to own and run over 25,000 EV charging stations by 2022, ChargePoint CEO Pasquale Romano told us...
View ArticleEPRI releases framework to study effect of DER
February 17, 2015 -- GROWING PAINS -- Challenges, costs, benefits need study in on-grid pilots: EPRI developed a new framework to determine and evaluate costs, benefits and challenges of integrating...
View ArticlePJM plan to prepare for possible loss of DR not popular
February 18, 2015 -- PJM's proposal to change its capacity-market DR rules in the event the Supreme Court upholds the EPSA decision drew protests from most comment filers in FERC docket Friday. While...
View ArticleOPower adds customer care to utility software system
February 18, 2015 -- OPower upgraded its customer-engagement software, calling it OPower 6, the firm told the press today. The important new feature the firm added with this upgrade was "customer...
View ArticleCEC helps SDG&E expand microgrid to power small town
February 18, 2015 -- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) won a nearly $5 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to expand its Borrego Springs microgrid in the next 15 months,...
View ArticleChargePoint CEO hopes chargers will spur EV sales
February 18, 2015 -- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW -- Stresses importance of utility role in deployments: ChargePoint is "making inroads" with direct-current (DC) EV charging systems as part of its mission to...
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February 19, 2015 -- Elster picks Analog Devices radio gear . . . BSF, Telekom Austria picked for 23 utilities . . . Avnet to sell Taoglas antennas for smart grid . . . Imergy offers new line of...
View ArticleSPEER offers utilities efficiency advice from luminaries
February 19, 2015 -- Smart grid deployment is needed to drive efficiency actions, a non-profit group called the South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER) told the press this...
View ArticleAs QER nears, DOE chief calls for storage, grid upgrades
February 19, 2015 -- The first installment of DOE's Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) is scheduled to be publicized in a couple of weeks, and a major focus of the report is going on the power grid,...
View ArticleRegulators debate EPA CPP targets at NARUC event
February 19, 2015 -- Not all states threatened by 2020 CO2 deadlines: State regulators got to hear from and talk to the EPA on its Clean Power Plan (CPP) at NARUC's Winter Meetings Tuesday. The...
View ArticleCUB, EDF ask ICC to make IOUs offer optional TOU pricing
February 19, 2015 -- The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) last week asked the Illinois Commerce Commission to make the state's two main utilities offer optional...
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February 20, 2015 -- Freqcon picks Maxwell gear for Irish demo . . . CPS Energy adds 5.5 MWs of solar
View ArticleDubai utility hires Italian firm to ready grid for more solar
February 20, 2015 -- The Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) and Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano's (CESI) Middle East Division plan to upgrade DEWA's T&D grids for an...
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