4+ hour, 14+ min ago   (470+ words) Lincoln Electric System is energizing a 3-MW/12-MWh zinc-based battery to support the Nebraska state Capitol complex and other critical infrastructure. Like many grid-tied and behind-the-meter batteries, LES says its installation will charge during periods of low energy demand and…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1690+ words) States are beginning to take action targeting utilities’ return on equity. Industry observers are watching closely Pepco’s rate case in Maryland, where the consumer advocate is arguing to cut ROE. Last month, protesters angry over high electricity costs disrupted a…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (467+ words) With so much riding on America’s AI ambitions, utility workforce strategy must have a place alongside generation, transmission and capital planning, says Stefan Hirniak of Specialist Staffing Group. Stefan Hirniak is president of Specialist Staffing Group US. The U.S. economy…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (209+ words) Cutting utility returns won’t lower electric bills and will leave us a more fragile power grid, writes Scott Aaronson, former secretary of the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council. Scott Aaronson spent 17 years at the Edison Electric Institute, the national trade association…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (660+ words) AES, American Electric Power, CenterPoint Energy, Duke Energy and NiSource could be affected under a “more consumer-oriented utility commission policy,” one analyst said. The action in Indiana reflects a focus by utility regulators and others across the United States on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) Regulators approved 64% of the dollar value of revenue increase requests over the past five years, a Lawrence Berkeley National Lab report says. The report found that utility rate hike requests are higher than they have been in decades, reaching $18 billion…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (955+ words) The technology is there. The institutions are not. FERC’s July 23 technical conference on the PJM Interconnection’s governance is where that gap gets addressed — or doesn’t, writes Jeanine Johnson. Jeanine Johnson is a former member of the board of the PJM…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (482+ words) Dominion Energy in Virginia is seeking about $1.5 billion in increases across three rate requests, the report said. Oncor in Texas requested the largest single increase in Q2 at $1.2 billion. The utility sector appears to be entering a capital investment “super-cycle” amid…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (359+ words) Distributed capacity has turned the distribution grid into a platform for capacity growth and increased grid utilization, not a cost center driving up rates, writes Sparkfund’s Pier LaFarge. Pier LaFarge is the CEO of Sparkfund, a distributed energy resource company....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (294+ words) The Texas Energy Fund has allocated more than $4 billion as part of the state’s effort to boost grid reliability. The award to SPS covers a drone-based pole inspection program and live monitoring. The Texas Energy Fund has so far allocated…...