The City of Boulder and Xcel Energy last week announced that they have begun discussions that may lead to new pathways to reach the city’s energy future goals as an alternative to a city-run, community owned electric utility.…
T&D WorldJune 2, 2020
Trump’s Order to Secure Power System Met with Favor, Uncertainty in Utility Industry (Via T&D World)
Utilities remain uncertain on how the order intended to secure the bulk power system from foreign cybersecurity attacks will impact current projects and the installed infrastructure base. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 1, 2020, that…
Lauren CallawayMay 19, 2020
Digital reporting promotes quicker response to bird-related power issues. FirstEnergy Corp. has deployed an app that allows utility personnel to report avian issues in real time, streamlining the process to protect nesting birds and enhance electric service reliability.…
T&D WorldMay 19, 2020
Guidehouse Insights report shows North America is the leading microgrid market, claiming 36.3% of global capacity. A new report from Guidehouse Insights examines data on known grid-tied and remote microgrid projects in the proposal, planning, and deployed stages across…
T&D WorldMay 5, 2020
A new energy economy will require long-term interaction between energy companies and communities hosting next-generation energy infrastructure. Living in a city, it is easy to forget that one in five Americans — about 60 million people —…
Gordon FellerApril 18, 2020
The Virginia Clean Economy Act will foster economic development across Virginia, reduce carbon emissions. The Virginia Senate recently passed the Virginia Clean Economy Act, after the House of Delegates’ approval of the bill. Governor Ralph Northam is…
T&D WorldApril 4, 2020
Energy storage technology has moved to center stage and has changed renewable energy, DERs, and microgrids along the way. For almost a year now, I have been writing the “Charging Ahead” segment. It has been an exciting undertaking…
Gene WolfApril 4, 2020
Resource planning has changed a lot over the last five years, with the increase in intermittent renewables and distributed energy sources. In 2018, the piece Are DER Heavy Utilities Being Held Captive by Technology Limitations?, posited that analytical…
Jill FeblowitzMarch 24, 2020
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is becoming ubiquitous throughout the utility industry, providing many sources of value for both utilities and ratepayers as utilities unlock previously unavailable insights to help customers understand their consumption and use that information to…
Abhay Gupta - CEO and Founder, BidgelyMarch 10, 2020
Amazon made big news last September when it announced a deal with well-funded startup Rivian to deploy 100,000 medium-duty electric box trucks by 2030. There are a lot of incentives for companies to adopt electric fleets. Still, there…
Jill FeblowitzMarch 1, 2020
Gridwise, AI is becoming the Rosetta Stone for making sense of big data. Does it seem like artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere today? It can be found in everything from transmission to distribution. Gridwise, AI is becoming…
Gene WolfFebruary 25, 2020
Ever since the 2003 blackout, vegetation management has improved, largely due to FERC regulation. Still, improvement has been mostly in transmission. The “last mile” of distribution has not achieved maturity. The good news is that analytics infrastructure -…
Jill FeblowitzFebruary 24, 2020
