Clean energy group offers advice on grid upgrades
August 19, 2014 -- The New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC), based in Boston, released a new whitepaper Aug 15, titled "Leading the Next Era of Electricity Innovation," which it said outlined the...
View ArticleNational groups ask Illinois to give customers access to data
August 19, 2014 -- Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) filed a proposal with the Illinois Commerce Commission Friday to give customers easy access to energy data
View ArticleNew York PSC expedites grid-upgrade approvals
August 19, 2014 -- Policy to incent boosting capacity over adding lines - To provide a "carrot" to energy businesses that locate in New York, the PSC set a policy last week to offer a 10-month...
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Ventev offers new bracket for AMI ... Colorado county to get first US solar garden
View ArticleInstitute urges EV buyers, makers to shorten ranges
August 20, 2014 - As range-anxiety grips car buyers considering buying a plug-in EV, they were urged along with car makers to focus on models with a range of 100 miles or less on one charge, by a new...
View ArticleEnerNOC buys rights to market WeSpire to utilities
August 20, 2014 - EnerNOC made a strategic investment in WeSpire, it said yesterday, a firm that uses behavioral science-based energy intelligence software (EIS) to motivate people to change their habits
View ArticleEDF/CUB proposal builds on Green Button program
August 20, 2014 - The proposal filed this week by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Citizens' Utility Board (CUB) at the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to promote sharing smart-meter data...
View ArticleMatherly, Shodan point out big ICS vulnerabilities
August 20, 2014 - Utilities under illusion of safety miss chances to change -- Many utilities today live under the dangerous illusion that since a large-scale attack hasn't happened to them yet, it is...
View ArticleADT pairs Pulse automation with IfTTT interface
August 21, 2014 - ADT, a home security and automation provider with headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla, is teaming up with IfTTT ("If This, Then That"), a San Francisco-based web service that lets...
View ArticleNational Grid leads group planning underground microgrid
August 21, 2014 - An underground microgrid to be built in Potsdam, in Upstate New York, has become a vital part of the Empire State's plan to harden its energy infrastructure in preparation for severe...
View ArticleLeviton releases new smart meter for C&I sub-metering
August 21, 2014 - Lighting and home control device maker Leviton expanded its line of "VerifEye" C&I sub-metering solutions with the introduction of its Series 4000 industrial ModBus smart meter,...
View ArticleSmart home worth high-billions, more by 2020
August 21, 2014 - Parks sees energy management among top sellers - In a recent poll conducted among US consumers by Dallas-based research firm and consultancy Parks Associates, 12% of respondents said...
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August 22, 2014 -- DOE awards cash for new transit gear... Eaton updates software to work in emergencies
View ArticleSeattle to trial 2 Proterra electric buses, may buy 200
August 22, 2014 -- Proterra, a provider of EV transit technology with headquarters in Greenville, SC, sold two 40-foot battery-electric transit vehicles and a fast charge system to King County Metro in...
View ArticleABB to make, sell 50-KW fast EV chargers in China
August 22, 2014 -- ABB launched the Terra 53 Z -- its first general-type, high-power, DC, fast EV charger that complies with China's "GB" standard, it said this week. The new chargers will be made in...
View ArticleRAD moves smart grid apps into utility substations
August 22, 2014 -- RAD Data Communications -- a provider of advanced grid solutions with headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel -- is offering a new "distributed network functions virtualization" (D-NFV)...
View ArticleSchneider to manage power for California schools
August 22, 2014 -- Smart thermostats to help save 2.3 million KWHs -- Schneider Electric was picked to deliver over 2.3 million KWHs in energy savings across 27 school sites in San Diego by the Vista...
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August 25, 2014 -- Insteon available at RadioShack . . . Kia to roll out new Soul EV . . . Say hello to new GE smart oven
View ArticleSimoco deploys network for Western Power Distribution
August 25, 2014 -- Simoco of Derby, England implemented a $6.3 million critical communications network for Western Power Distribution (WPD) in the Midlands, UK -- the parent company of three electric...
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