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| Maine PUC sets minimum service standards for utilities |
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| Could Maine be joining Hawaii in enacting utility rates based not on cost recovery but instead on performance? The approval of a new set of minimum performance standards coupled with an annual report card mailed to all customers sure seems like a step in that direction. Read more about the new service standards in our lead story below. |
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| | | | | The new rates, which reflect a 13.8% increase, would take effect in mid-2023 and would go toward recovering the cost of major upgrades for electric system reliability and resiliency for customers. | | |
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| | | | | The State Energy Plan Advisory Committee is charting Texas’ energy future out of public view and in the dark. | | |
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| | | The U.S. Department of Energy selected Shell, Spirae LLC, Electrical Grid Monitoring, and Israel Electric Corporation to partner with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on power distribution system management and controls. | | |
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| | | Memphis is about to embark on a comprehensive LED streetlighting, controls and networking project designed to reduce energy cost and enhance operations and maintenance capabilities with the upgrade of over 77,000 fixtures to LED. | | |
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| | | DLC launched the “Monitoring Electrical Cable Challenge” in December 2021 in recognition that there are hundreds of millions of miles of underground electrical cables worldwide that need to be safely maintained. | | |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS  Episode 9 of Factor This!™ is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Give it a listen & download today! |
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 DISTRIBUTECH International®, in partnership with S&C Electric Company, is pleased to announce the first-ever Powered by Diversity Award for utilities around the world that best demonstrate achievement in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion within the workplace. Submit your applications by August 15, 2022, to be considered. The winner will be announced during the Powered by Diversity Luncheon on February 8, 2023. |
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| | | The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and Tucson Electric Power said they plan to rebuild 60 miles of the Parker-Davis Project transmission system. |
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| | | A U.S. congresswoman is asking the Department of Justice to investigate Florida Power & Light over claims that the utility used "dark money" to disguise sources of political funding and sway elections in Florida, as well as other allegations documented in recent news reports. |
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| | | Exelon announced that it is among more than 170 companies to sign a Human Rights Campaign letter supporting legislation before the U.S. Senate that would codify marriage equality as federal law. |
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