SDG&E default TOU proposal meets mixed responses
September 22, 2014 -- First of 16 hearings marked by strong concerns, support: San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) proposed multiple changes to its rate structure including default time-of-use...
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September 23, 2014 -- San Diego breaks demand records . . . ERDF to deploy CG Linky meters . . . Innovative Cal-ISO board chair leaving
View ArticleBuildingIQ to do energy management, optimization for GSA
September 23, 2014 -- BuildingIQ, a Foster City, Calif-based firm doing energy management and optimization, was picked by the US General Services Administration (GSA) for its Green Proving Ground...
View ArticleSen Durbin joins founders at CSMART grand opening
September 23, 2014 -- Sen Dick Durbin, D-Ill, yesterday joined representatives from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), regional IOU Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), smart grid provider Silver...
View ArticleGE, AutomaTech offer cloud-based 'big data' analysis
September 23, 2014 -- GE's Intelligent Platforms business, based in Charlottesville, Va, and long-time partner AutomaTech -- a Plymouth, Mass-based provider of solutions for industrial facilities --...
View ArticleEnergy Northwest, BPA to develop 19-MW DR pilot
September 23, 2014 -- Power producer Energy Northwest (EN) and federally owned utility Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) will develop and launch a 19-MW DR pilot program by 2015, they said...
View ArticleCalifornia's Gov Brown signs 6 bills that help EVs
September 23, 2014 -- EDTA president calls initiative 'innovative,''an example': California Gov Jerry Brown, D, signed six bills yesterday written in part to help encourage and expand EV use in the...
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September 24, 2014 -- Trilliant picked for Vietnamese rollout . . . Daimler uses PlugShare to enhance luxury EVs
View ArticleInnovari does DR with Buenos Aires mall's renewables
September 24, 2014 -- Innovari's Latin America division teamed up with the Punto Tigre Mall in Buenos Aires, Argentina to link the mall's renewable energy resources with the grid in a DR initiative,...
View ArticleBritish Gas uses AMI challenges to elevate awareness
September 24, 2014 -- British Gas is taking part in the UK's smart grid rollout due to be completed by 2020, and partnered with London-based research agency, the Futures Company, to create a five-week...
View ArticleMississippi co-op 4-County picks SCADA from ACS
September 24, 2014 -- Smart grid firm Advanced Control Systems (ACS), based in Atlanta, Ga, was picked by 4-County Electric Power Assn to install its Prism advanced SCADA system to improve distribution...
View ArticleNorwich, CMEEC complete $9 million microgrid project
September 24, 2014 -- Norwich (Conn) Public Utilities (NPU) and the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC) completed a $9 million microgrid generation project bringing added backup...
View ArticleOncor touts benefits of AMI, OMS, works on CIS
September 24, 2014 -- Senior manager shares concerns about microgrids, DG: Dallas, Texas-based electric IOU Oncor -- calling itself the state's largest T&D utility, serving 10 million customers --...
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September 25, 2014 -- Vermont releases plan for zero emission vehicles . . . Landis & Gyr picked by 31 munis, co-ops in 2014 . . . National Grid to use balancing reserves
View ArticleEnerDynamic Hybrid offers line of energy storage systems
September 25, 2014 -- Battery and energy storage system maker EnerDynamic Hybrid Technologies (EHT, formerly MCM Capital One), based in Toronto, Canada, launched its EnerSmart battery product line of...
View ArticleGridPoint helps firms strengthen GHG reduction claims
September 25, 2014 -- GridPoint, a provider of data-driven energy management solutions with headquarters in Arlington, Va, teamed with CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), it said Monday. CDP is a...
View ArticleWellinghoff shares strategies for Order 745, beyond
September 25, 2014 -- The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last week denying an en banc rehearing for a panel's decision vacating Order 745 (SGT, Sept-19) was not unexpected for the...
View ArticleFERC asks court for stay on Order 745 decision
September 25, 2014 -- FERC asked the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals Monday for a stay in the effectiveness of its decision to vacate Order 745 on broad jurisdictional grounds. The stay...
View ArticleNew York PSC Chair explains REV market plans
September 25, 2014 -- Cites boosting DG as challenge under REV approach: The New York PSC is working to create a new market almost from scratch with its "Reforming the Energy Vision" (REV) docket, so...
View ArticleSCE completes reportedly largest US battery deployment
September 26, 2014 -- Southern California Edison (SCE) commissioned what it called the "largest battery energy storage project in North America" -- the Tehachapi Energy Storage Project in Kern County,...
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