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Top U.S. Utilities Are Cleaning Up Their Acts: Plant Emissions Drop

A new report reveals that the U.S. utility industry cut its emissions of NOx, SO2 and CO2 nationwide, even as electricity generation increased.




Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission have unveiled a battery energy storage system pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid. The Yerba Buena Battery [read more]

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; and Angus King, I-Maine, have introduced the Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 (STORAGE) to encourage [read more]


GridSense, an Acorn Energy company that develops and markets monitoring solutions for the electric power industry, has announced a wireless camera designed for inspection of high-voltage assets rated up to 500 [read more]



The U.S. electric grid remains highly vulnerable to attacks from Iran and North Korea or other threats such as geomagnetic storms from solar activity, according to a [read more]


The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has finalized its full 150 MW solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) program, as well as announced the completion of its [read more]


Both the Illinois House and Senate have voted to override Gov. Pat Quinn's recent veto of S.B.9, legislation to allow further funding of smart grid efforts in [read more]


On the heels of its announced 210 MW solar initiative and a recent 250 MW wind purchase, Atlanta-based utility Georgia Power has added 53.5 MW of new [read more]


The Asia-Pacific smart grid market earned approximately $5.4 billion in 2012 and will reach $15.83 billion in 2018, finds a new report from Frost & Sullivan. [read more]




Tennessee-based municipally owned utility Humboldt Utilities has selected the Elster EnergyAxis AMI and grid performance management solution. Humboldt is preparing to implement a new "pay as you go" system, [read more]



National Grid and ChargePoint have unveiled the first of what will be many electric vehicle (EV) charging stations funded through a $1 million award from the New York State [read more]

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U.K.-based E.ON has selected TOA Technologies' ETAdirect field service management solution to help with the utility's project to install 8 million smart meters by 2020. According to TOA Technologies, [read more]


Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development (ConEdison Development) have announced an agreement to partner in two of Sempra's solar power facilities: the 150 MW Copper Mountain [read more]







The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) says it has adequate resources available to meet expected demand this summer, including 37,925 MW of existing in-state generation, 1,558 MW of demand response [read more]


Xcel Energy has filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for approval of a demonstration project to solicit electricity production from gasification of forest biomass. Upon CPUC approval, Xcel Energy [read more]



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