DTE pilot would let customers buy 'green power'
April 19, 2016 – Add-on pilot to let customer set portion of renewables: DTE Electric applied at the Michigan PSC Friday for ex parte approval of a change to its already-approved renewable energy...
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April 20, 2016 – Lawsuit alleges Sunrun deception during IPO ... WattJoule claims storage price breakthrough ... JEA, Exceleron see 10,000 using prepay
View ArticleGE/Current technology helps Simon modernize malls
April 20, 2016 – Simon Property Group, calling itself a global leader in retail real estate, and GE's Current teamed up to modernize Simon's shopping malls, the two firms said yesterday. To advance
View ArticleComEd to deploy smart-ready streetlights in 50 towns
April 20, 2016 – Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) plans to replace nearly 18,000 streetlights it owns with new smart-ready LED streetlights in over 50 Illinois municipalities, the IOU said
View ArticleRES to build storage for Exelon frequency regulation
April 20, 2016 – Renewable Energy Systems (RES) developed a 10 MW battery storage facility to be built in Clinton County, Ohio, for Exelon Generation, RES said yesterday. Exelon Generation will own and...
View ArticleSolarCity sides with New York IOUs on net metering
April 20, 2016 – Solar Progress Partnership forms to end 'cost shifting': Six New York IOUs joined SolarCity and other solar firms in the creation of the Solar Progress Partnership, a group that...
View ArticleBPA, Energy Northwest use AutoGrid system for DR demo
April 21, 2016 – An aggregated DR demonstration project run by generation firm Energy Northwest (EN) and several Washington State electric utilities led by Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)...
View ArticleNew York PSC sets timetable for modernization plans
April 21, 2016 – The New York PSC issued an order yesterday outlining the requirements utilities will have to meet as they file their Distributed System Platform (DSP) plans meant to create a retail...
View ArticleSenate passes Energy Policy Modernization Act
April 21, 2016 – Bill wins high praise from multiple sectors of industry: The US Senate passed the energy bill that Sens Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, have been trying to...
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April 22, 2016 – SunEdison heads into chapter 11 ... Sol Voltaics lines up nanowires in thin film ... DTE adds budget feature to mobile app ... ComEd proposes solar rebates of $1,000/KW
View ArticleCRS quotes NERC's Cauley, offers grimmer outlook
April 22, 2016 – North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) CEO Gerry Cauley, testified in a congressional hearing recently that it is very technically challenging to go from
View ArticleAPS uses multiple OATI system to manage trading, risk
April 22, 2016 – Open Access Technology International (OATI) and Arizona Public Service (APS) moved into production of a one-stop, integrated commodity-trading and risk management system, OATI said
View ArticleDOE, national labs report to FERC on evolving US grid
April 22, 2016 – FERC heard from experts on grid modernization from DOE and the national labs at its regular meeting yesterday. The grid is undergoing major changes in resource mix and is becoming more
View ArticleSenate energy act drives smart grid, cybersecurity
April 22, 2016 – DOE to oversee risks, test emergency plans, work with DHS: The full text of the Senate-passed version of the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 plus details about how each voting...
View Article51ST STATE: APS values vertical integration, AMI for reliability
April 25, 2016 -- Arizona Public Service added its own perspective to the SEPA 51st State regulatory exercise with a highly detailed paper posted on the SEPA's 51st State website. As a Western...
View ArticleGE acquires Daintree, teams with Oracle for big Predix push
April 25, 2016 – GE's Current acquired Daintree Networks, an provider of industrial building controls for commercial facilities, Current said Thursday. GE teamed with software firm Oracle "to help...
View ArticleCon Edison proposes 6 metrics for PSC to track AMI
April 25, 2016 – Tracking to include DG, engagement, outages, billing, more: Consolidated Edison's (Con Edison) AMI panel submitted supplemental testimony at the New York PSC and the commission posted...
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April 26, 2016 – Ecova tallies 129 TWH saved in 12 years ... SunLink puts SCADA control into IPhone app ... EDF RE acquires solar DG integrator GroSolar ... Bitsamp wins Luxembourg license to trade...
View ArticleCurrent adds partners for smart cities, smart buildings
April 26, 2016 – GE's Current is adding 15 partners and microservices to its open intelligent environments ecosystem, it said yesterday, adding that it will deploy intelligent LED infrastructure
View ArticleNRDC: Paris Agreement sees largest ever first-day signing
April 26, 2016 – National Resource Defense Council's (NRDC) Jake Schmidt wrote in a post yesterday on the environmental group's blog that the 175 countries that signed the Paris Agreement on
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