Electric Utility, Public Utilities
February 10, 2020
Via: Utility DiveWildfire mitigation has become a particular focus for California’s utilities, following destructive fires caused by their power lines in the last three years, which eventually pushed Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) into bankruptcy. PG&E, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
August 28, 2019
Via: Power Engineering SmartGridThe Hawaiian Electric Companies are commencing Hawaii’s largest procurement effort for renewable energy resources to end the use of coal and reduce reliance on imported oil for power generation. It is among the largest single renewable energy procurements undertaken by […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
June 4, 2019
Via: Utility DiveCalifornia regulators are weighing several important decisions ahead of their July business meeting. Besides addressing concerns of utility bankruptcy and wildfire prevention, they could be voting on two separate proposals to help expand the roles of demand response and energy […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
April 25, 2018
Via: Utility DiveHawaii on Tuesday became the first U.S. state with a legislative mandate to separate utility revenues from capital expenditures. Performance-based metrics exist in other U.S. states — like New York and Minnesota — but those efforts so far have largely […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
May 31, 2017
Via: Utility DiveA Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania has introduced a bill to authorize a microgrid and energy storage pilot program, culminating in a report analyzing whether utility ownership of the facilities is in the public interest. House Bill 1412 would authorize a […]
March 2, 2023
February 28, 2023