Utilities

EL Pro Constellation's Proportion of Coal Up After Nuclear Sales

Constellation’s Proportion of Coal Up After Nuclear SalesConstellation Energy’s proportion of electricity from combustion sources has risen because of the company’s selling equity in its nuclear power plants, according to the ...

June 30, 2011

Utilities, EPA Both Winners in Supreme Court GHG Ruling

Utilities, EPA Both Winners in Supreme Court GHG RulingThe Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against the states in AEP v. Connecticut, ruling that they can’t invoke federal law to force utilities ...

June 21, 2011

Software Briefing: Domtar, Viridity, EnergyOrbit, Nlyte

Software Briefing: Domtar, Viridity, EnergyOrbit, NlyteViridity has updated its data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software to let businesses keep track of how much electrical power is being consumed ...

June 20, 2011

5m Smart Meters Installed; Enbala, Fellon-McCord Partner Up

5m Smart Meters Installed; Enbala, Fellon-McCord Partner UpFive 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 ...

June 17, 2011

McGraw-Hill to Build Record-Breaking Solar System in NJ

McGraw-Hill to Build Record-Breaking Solar System in NJThe 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 ...

June 15, 2011

The Future of Electric Power in America

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 ...

June 14, 2011

AEP Says EPA Rules Will Raise Businesses’ Rates 10-35%

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 ...

June 9, 2011

Utility EDF Guarantees Supermarket $1.6m Efficiency Savings

Utility EDF Guarantees Supermarket $1.6m Efficiency SavingsMorrisons, one of the biggest U.K. supermarket chains, has struck an unusual deal with its energy provider: utility EDF has guaranteed the grocer ...

June 3, 2011

LED & CFL Briefing: PSE&G, Kimball, Jo-Ann Fabrics

LED & CFL Briefing: PSE&G, Kimball, Jo-Ann FabricsJo-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 ...

June 3, 2011

Smart Grid Benefits ‘Could Top $2 Trillion’

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 ...

May 26, 2011

GE Natural Gas Plant ‘Will Help Meet Renewable Goals’

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 ...

May 25, 2011

EPA Admits Mercury Math Error

EPA Admits Mercury Math ErrorThe Environmental Protection Agency has admitted that its newly proposed limits on mercury from power plants are based in part on ...

May 20, 2011

EL Pro Environmental Software Briefing: PG&E, Hara, SQLstream

Environmental Software Briefing: PG&E, Hara, SQLstreamPacific Gas & Electric has revealed that it is using Enviance’s environmental enterprise resource planning software. PG&E is already using the system but ...

May 19, 2011

Renewable Briefing: GM, APS, BoDean, US Army, Ikea

Renewable Briefing: GM, APS, BoDean, US Army, IkeaGeneral Motors has announced plans to build a 516 kW solar array at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which produces the Chevrolet ...

May 12, 2011

Utility Expects $8.5m Efficiency Reward

Utility Expects $8.5m Efficiency RewardConsumers Energy is expected to earn $8.5 million from its energy efficiency program this year, the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot reports. The Michigan utility ...

May 11, 2011

AEP’s Sandy Nessing Discusses Integrated Reporting

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 ...

May 11, 2011

Austin Energy, PGE Top Renewable Rankings

Austin Energy, PGE Top Renewable RankingsAustin Energy and Portland General Electric sold the most renewable energy under voluntary green power programs of any utilities last year, according to ...

May 10, 2011

Green Roofs Have Positive Effect on Sewer Systems

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 ...

May 9, 2011

EL Pro AEP Aims for 10% GHG Reduction

AEP Aims for 10% GHG ReductionAEP expects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by ten percent by 2020, from 2010 levels – even as it warns that it ...

April 28, 2011

Supreme Court Casts Doubt on States’ GHG Suit

Supreme Court Casts Doubt on States’ GHG SuitSupreme Court justices indicated on Tuesday their skepticism about a lawsuit that seeks to hold power companies accountable for carbon dioxide that crosses state ...

April 21, 2011