Utility Business

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DOE Announces Additional $2 Billion To Protect The Grid Against Growing Threats of Extreme Weather, Expand Transmission

Oct. 24, 2024
Thirty-eight projects across 42 states will upgrade more than 950 miles of transmission, increase grid capacity for growing electricity demand, and deliver jobs as part of the...
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IEEE PES Show Update

Collaboration Remains Key for Utility Industry, say IEEE Attendees

May 15, 2024
Industry business models, new regulation and improving T&D technologies are all parts of the puzzle.
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Utility Business

Duke Energy Promotes Customer Experience Leader to President

March 15, 2024
The utility also has shuffled some other executives’ roles as 44-year company veteran Steve Young prepares to retire.
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Utility Business

Millions of Californians Getting up to $170 ‘Climate Credit’ on April Utility Bills

March 12, 2024
The amount of payment does vary from utility to utility.
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Utility Business

CenterPoint Energy Seeks Cost Recovery for Power Grid Safety, Reliability Upgrades

March 11, 2024
The request is estimated to result in an average increase of less than 1% of a customer's total bill.
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Utility Business

ERCOT Board Approves to Proceed Finalizing CenterPoint Energy’s Emergency Generation Proposal

Feb. 27, 2025
The average Houston Electric customer using 1,000 kWh/month will witness a reduction in bills of an estimated $2/month related to the transaction by 2027.
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Overhead Transmission

PJM Aims for $6 Billion in Transmission Projects Across Eastern States

Feb. 27, 2025
The companies will develop the projects through the recently formed Valley Link Transmission Company LLC joint venture.
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Electric Utility Operations

Entergy Commits Six-Point Plan for Louisiana Customers Over the Next Decade

Feb. 27, 2025
The plan not only outlines detailed targets for the affordability and resiliency of power but also specifies the company’s role in the state’s economic development as well as ...
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Utility Business

Capex Wrap: Southern Co., Entergy, CenterPoint and TXNM Update Spending Plans

Feb. 25, 2025
Strong growth is leading more executive teams to ramp up their outlooks.