Utility Business

Methods, processes and operations of power delivery and energy business along with response to regulations and policy

Highlights

Duke Energy Corp.
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.
Utility Business

Solutions Are Within Reach for Utility's Complex Challenges

March 8, 2024
The solution-oriented mindset of engineers and construction professionals in the face of obstacles gives me confidence in our ability to facilitate the monumental changes underway...
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Transmission Reliability

EIA Power Plant Retirements to Slow Down in 2024 — By Quite a Lot

Feb. 20, 2024
Most of the power plant retirements will come from old fossil-fired power generation facilities.
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Overhead Transmission

Basin Electric’s Two 345 kV Transmission Projects Approved by Regulators

March 12, 2024
The 15-mile Pioneer-to-Judson 345-kV line will connect the Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV project to the Judson substation near Williston.
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Electric Utility Operations

Georgia Power Realizes Fewer Power Outages, Faster Restoration Times

March 12, 2024
Georgia Power is deploying smart devices and other technology to enhance its self-healing network designed to respond to power outages automatically
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Utility Business

New Legislation To Modernize Nova Scotia’s Electricity System And Improve Regulation

March 8, 2024
The legislation will create the Energy and Regulatory Boards Act and the More Access to Energy Act and repeal the Utility and Review Board Act.
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Wildfire

Xcel Says Its Equipment Likely Helped Start Texas Fire

March 8, 2024
The company is working with investigators and running its own review of the Smokehouse Creek blaze’s origins.