Smart meters and two-way communication are expected to lead to cost savings of $157 billion in 2035. However, 58% of all utility companies are struggling with connectivity issues. And while the connectivity issues are left unsolved, the number and length of outages is increasing … this calls for improved connectivity. But how?

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Regulators in Maine are considering beefing up utility performance rules to better monitor customer-focused performance. The proposed amendments include what the regulatory commission called “substantial modifications” to existing rules that were first adopted in 2019. The rule changes are intended to enable regulators to better measure utility performance in terms of outage frequency and duration, storm restoration, call-center responsiveness, billing…

By Seth Blumsack, Penn State As manufacturers introduce new models of electric vehicles, demand for them is growing steadily. New EV sales in the U.S. roughly doubled in 2021 and could double again in 2022, from 600,000 to 1.2 million. Auto industry leaders expect that EVs could account for at least half of all new U.S. car sales by the…

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Facing increasing customer demand, in 2014, ELFEC began to modernize its grid. As it did so, it realized that it also needed to address limitations with grid communications.

Burns & McDonnell and Infinite Energy Construction (IEC), an electrical contractor and certified minority-owned business enterprise, agreed to begin jointly providing electrical transmission and distribution engineering services. IEC Engineering, a newly formed business unit within IEC, will work primarily with the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Group at Burns & McDonnell on projects for electric utilities.  The companies said that many…

SCE provides incentives to residential solar and battery owners for participating in AutoGrid’s VPP, which allows SCE customers to help stabilize, rebalance and increase the efficiency of the grid.

The United States Postal Service has doubled its order of electric vehicles from 5,000 to 10,019 as part of its planned fleet upgrade.

As for the May temperature outlook, slightly above normal temperatures are forecast across the Desert Southwest, southern Rockies, south-central Plains, mid and lower Mississippi Valley, and Deep South.