Utilities
5m Smart Meters Installed; Enbala, Fellon-McCord Partner Up
Five million smart meters have been installed nationwide as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to an update from the U.S. Department ...
McGraw-Hill to Build Record-Breaking Solar System in NJ
The McGraw-Hill Companies and NJR Clean Energy Ventures, a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, plan to build the nation's largest privately-owned, net-metered solar project on ...
The Future of Electric Power in America
Panel discussion about America’s energy future from the Ceres conference.
Speakers participating:
Doug Arent, Executive Director, Joint Institute for Strategic ...
AEP Says EPA Rules Will Raise Businesses’ Rates 10-35%
Proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations would cost AEP $6 billion to $8 billion by the end of the decade and raise electricity ...
Utility EDF Guarantees Supermarket $1.6m Efficiency Savings
Morrisons, one of the biggest U.K. supermarket chains, has struck an unusual deal with its energy provider: utility EDF has guaranteed the grocer ...
LED & CFL Briefing: PSE&G, Kimball, Jo-Ann Fabrics
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores has retrofitted the 777,350 square foot parking lot at its Hudson, Ohio, headquarters and store with GE Lighting’s Evolve ...
Smart Grid Benefits ‘Could Top $2 Trillion’
Smart grid technologies could deliver between $1.3 trillion and $2 trillion in benefits over the next 20 years, according to a study ...
GE Natural Gas Plant ‘Will Help Meet Renewable Goals’
GE has announced a "first-of-its-kind" natural gas power plant that rapidly ramps up and down in response to fluctuating output from wind ...
EPA Admits Mercury Math Error
The Environmental Protection Agency has admitted that its newly proposed limits on mercury from power plants are based in part on ...
Environmental Software Briefing: PG&E, Hara, SQLstream
Pacific Gas & Electric has revealed that it is using Enviance’s environmental enterprise resource planning software.
PG&E is already using the system but ...
Renewable Briefing: GM, APS, BoDean, US Army, Ikea
General Motors has announced plans to build a 516 kW solar array at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which produces the Chevrolet ...
Utility Expects $8.5m Efficiency Reward
Consumers Energy is expected to earn $8.5 million from its energy efficiency program this year, the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot reports.
The Michigan utility ...
AEP’s Sandy Nessing Discusses Integrated Reporting
Sandy Nessing, Managing Director of Sustainability for American Electric Power, talks about how the utility company started doing integrated ...
Austin Energy, PGE Top Renewable Rankings
Austin Energy and Portland General Electric sold the most renewable energy under voluntary green power programs of any utilities last year, according to ...
Green Roofs Have Positive Effect on Sewer Systems
Green roofs like the one atop a Con Edison building in Long Island City, Queens can be a cost-effective way to ...
AEP Aims for 10% GHG Reduction
AEP expects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by ten percent by 2020, from 2010 levels – even as it warns that it ...
Supreme Court Casts Doubt on States’ GHG Suit
Supreme Court justices indicated on Tuesday their skepticism about a lawsuit that seeks to hold power companies accountable for carbon dioxide that crosses state ...
Aussie Sustainability Spend ‘to Hit $3bn’
The Australian sustainable business market is poised to grow to AU$2.9 billion (US$3.1 billion) in 2014, dependent on the outcome of the country's hotly ...
SCE Offers Business Customers EnerNOC Metering and Services to Reduce Energy Costs
Southern California Edison (SCE) has announced that it will offer EnerNOC’s EfficiencySMART software and services to help utility customers find energy savings.
Under the contract, ...
PG&E, SoCal Edison Investing the Most in Demand-Side Management
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE) top a list of the utilities making the highest investments in demand-side management.
The ...
