Utilities

TVA Power Savings Could Come from Energy Efficient Appliances

TVA Power Savings Could Come from Energy Efficient AppliancesThe mass installation of such energy efficiency measures as compact fluorescent lighting and heating and cooling systems could effectively flatten Tennessee's power demand for the ...

February 8, 2012

Utility Asks for 15% Rate Hike; Efficiency Spend to Double

Utility Asks for 15% Rate Hike; Efficiency Spend to DoubleUtility Ameren Missouri is planning a 14.6 percent rate hike next year to reimburse investments in renewable energy, efficiency and reliability. The subsidiary of Ameren ...

February 6, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CARB Diesel Vehicles, China vs. EU ETS, Mexico Climate Law

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CARB Diesel Vehicles, China vs. EU ETS, Mexico Climate LawCalifornia's On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles (In-Use) Regulation has shifted the reporting date to March 30, 2012, for most privately and federally owned diesel fueled trucks ...

February 6, 2012

Carbon Tracking Declines Among Energy Firms, Survey Finds

Carbon Tracking Declines Among Energy Firms, Survey FindsA surprising 68 percent of energy and utility industry professionals say they have no system in place to track and report on carbon emissions, up ...

February 2, 2012

Industrial Energy Program Surpasses Expectations

Industrial Energy Program Surpasses ExpectationsA program to save energy at industrial facilities in the Pacific Northwest produced more than 28 average MW in verified energy savings in fiscal ...

February 2, 2012

Smart Grid Briefing: Honeywell, Constellation, Lockheed Martin, Retroficiency

Smart Grid Briefing: Honeywell, Constellation, Lockheed Martin, Retroficiency Smart grid and demand response announcements have come thick and fast from this year's DistribuTECH conference, which just wrapped up in San Antonio. Some ...

January 27, 2012

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: IgCC Guide, Builders Challenge, SITES, ZHome, Responsible Jewellery Council

Standards & Compliance Briefing: IgCC Guide, Builders Challenge, SITES, ZHome, Responsible Jewellery CouncilThe International Code Council and Delmar have released a support publication for the construction industry referencing the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The ...

January 26, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: World Future Energy Summit, China Carbon Trading, Obama's Jobs Council

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: World Future Energy Summit, China Carbon Trading, Obama’s Jobs CouncilAt the Abu Dhabi opening of World Future Energy Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon laid out three core goals for 2030 in his launch of ...

January 18, 2012

EL Pro Detroit Auto Show Briefing: Toyota, Honda, Acura, PG&E, BMW, Hyundai

Detroit Auto Show Briefing: Toyota, Honda, Acura, PG&E, BMW, HyundaiToyota has debuted the 2012 Prius c (pictured), which it says offers the highest city fuel efficiency of any vehicle without a plug, at ...

January 17, 2012

GSA Slashes New England Energy Expenditure by Almost 40%

GSA Slashes New England Energy Expenditure by Almost 40%Energy management services firm World Energy Solutions and science and engineering firm SAIC have helped the U.S. General Services Administration with a procurement process that ...

January 11, 2012

Sustainability in the Electric Utility Supply Chain

Sustainability in the Electric Utility Supply Chain Promo video from the Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance featuring Des Bell. The video looks at a manufacturer of ...

January 6, 2012

Utility Savings at Home and at Work

Utility Savings at Home and at Work Watch the Vanderbilt Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and the Vanderbilt American Studies Sustainability Project's Dec. 7 installment of the ...

January 4, 2012

EPA to Finalize Power Plant Mercury Rules This Week

EPA to Finalize Power Plant Mercury Rules This WeekThe EPA finished writing mercury-control rules for utilities on Friday, according to the Washington Post. Several sources told the paper that ...

December 19, 2011

Crystal Lagoons Applies Recreational Waters Technology to Power Station Cooling

Crystal Lagoons Applies Recreational Waters Technology to Power Station CoolingCrystal Lagoons' sustainable cooling technology, a water cooling system that can disconnect thermoelectric plants from natural water sources, is showing at Power-Gen International 2011 ...

December 15, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Carbon Rules, Soot Standard, Competing Studies

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Carbon Rules, Soot Standard, Competing Studies The EPA said that it will propose twice-delayed rules for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants early next year, Reuters reported. The agency delayed the ...

November 18, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy IG Report, Keystone XL Reroute, Pickens Plan

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy IG Report, Keystone XL Reroute, Pickens Plan The criticism is coming from all corners for the Energy Department. The department's inspector general issued a report on Tuesday recommending that the department rein in ...

November 16, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Delayed, Solar Tariffs, EDF Hacking

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Delayed, Solar Tariffs, EDF Hacking The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election, The New York ...

November 11, 2011

Utilities’ Energy Efficiency Spend Varies Wildly, Study Finds

Utilities’ Energy Efficiency Spend Varies Wildly, Study FindsU.S. utilities each spent anywhere from $0.02 to $4.80 per MWh of retail sales on energy efficiency programs in 2009, according to a ...

November 11, 2011

Bonneville Using Nippon Paper Mill as ‘Battery’

Bonneville Using Nippon Paper Mill as ‘Battery’The Pacific Northwest's Bonneville Power Administration has started pushing excess power to homes and a local Nippon Paper Industries mill as its wind farms are ...

November 8, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: China Bulb Ban, Toxics Reporting, Superfund Renewables

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: China Bulb Ban, Toxics Reporting, Superfund RenewablesChina is the latest country to ban the import and sale of incandescent light bulbs, Reuters reported. The country's National Development and Reform ...

November 7, 2011