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| | Maine has begun a study to determine whether it should be the first in the U.S. to establish a DSO to oversee power grid planning, operations, and markets. | |
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| | Of the 2.5 million without power as of Tuesday afternoon, more than 2.2 million were CenterPoint Energy customers. | |
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| | South Carolina utility regulators have ordered Duke Energy to implement more transparent vegetation management practices as part of a recently approved rate case. The Public Service Commission of South Carolina approved nearly every component of Duke Energy’s settlement agreement, aside from its attempt to recover millions related to coal ash. The commission allowed Duke Energy to increase customer rates by… | |
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| During a major storm event that cut power to tens of thousands of homes, a fleet of EVs were able to feed power back into Australia’s grid. | |
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| Explore the complete agenda covering three days - Gain knowledge about innovative solutions for a sustainable power sector. | |
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| The technological breakthroughs being pioneered on islands have broad applicability on mainland grids struggling to incorporate increasing amounts of distributed renewable energy resources. | |
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| Construction crews have erected 441 poles for the 145-mile (233-kilometer) line, with wires installed on 178 of them, and that progress is being made on other parts of the New England Clean Energy Connect, which has been plagued by delays, litigation and a referendum in which Maine voters rejected it. | |
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| MISO is proposing a framework that would require developers and asset owners to deploy batteries that incorporate "grid-forming" inverter technology as opposed to "grid-following" controls. | |
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| Electricity demand tied to data centers has grown the most in Virginia, one of the largest markets in the world for this development. | |
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| While some states are alarmed at data center electricity usage, Maryland continues to pursue new ones. | |
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| The move follows a March wildfire in Texas, which Xcel said its facilities appeared to be involved in. | |
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| The utilities argue the proposal could unfairly shift costs to ratepayers and impact market operations and reliability, according to a FERC filing. | |
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| The Mid-Atlantic electricity market operator and grid planner is responding to FERC's landmark transmission planning rule, Order 1920. | |
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