Tag: power

January 10, 2017

2017 will be the ninth year I publish a list of 10 clean energy stocks I expect to do well in the coming year. This series has evolved from a simple, off-the-cuff list in 2008, to a full-blown model portfolio, […]

January 5, 2017

Public power issuers “will likely manage the projected long-term decline in residential electricity consumption by using their inherent rate flexibility and lowering capex,” said Fitch Ratings in a Dec. 27 news release. The rating agency noted that although electricity sales […]

December 22, 2016

American Municipal Power, Inc. and the American Public Power Association filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Dec. 19 asking for a rehearing of FERC’s final rule on offer caps in markets operated by regional transmission organizations […]

December 14, 2016

It could be one of the utility regulatory stories of the year: In 2016, utilities across the country doubled the number of renewable tariff programs to meet skyrocketing demand from large corporate customers. At the end of 2015, only five […]

November 1, 2016

Today’s ultra-fast-paced digital world is seeing disruptive innovation transform traditional industries. The rate of advancements that we will witness over the next 10 years is happening at a pace that would previously have taken far longer. The energy industry is […]

October 31, 2016

When Power Engineering International spoke to Jens Madrian earlier this year he was enthused about the potential of smart technology and the possibilities arising for the power sector. We caught up with him again this week when Reactive Energy’s Grid […]

July 18, 2016

Florida-based NextEra Energy and Hawaiian Electric Industries on July 18 scrapped their plans to merge after the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission rejected the proposed merger at the end of last week. The PUC on July 15 cited the lack of […]

July 13, 2016

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission needs to “think hard about what we want to do next” with regard to its role in overseeing the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, said Larry Greenfield, associate general counsel at FERC’s Office […]