Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced that $10 million is available to support new smart grid technologies to help re-engineer New York State's electric grid. The funding available is [read more]
Evidence that utilities are increasingly turning to wind energy is well documented, and recent announcements show this trend accelerating. Last year, for the first time ever, wind power came in [read more]
The GridWise Alliance has released a new report outlining a series of recommendations to help alleviate the effects of large-scale events, such as superstorms, on the U.S.' electric system. The [read more]
Using information provided by utilities, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed Top 10 rankings of utility green power programs for 2012. Under these voluntary [read more]
Global shipments of volt/VAR optimization (VVO) control electronics used in smart electricity grids will double during the next five years, according to a new report from IMS Research, now part [read more]
A new era is dawning in the renewable energy industry, says Ernst & Young. According to the company's 10th anniversary edition of the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), global [read more]
On May 29, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) officially signed off on Public Service Electric and Gas Co.'s (PSE&G) proposal to invest up to $446 million in [read more]
On May 23, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law a bill requiring the state's investor-owned utilities (IOUs) to procure 1.5% of their electricity from solar energy by 2020. The [read more]
The U.S. electric grid remains highly vulnerable to attacks from Iran and North Korea or other threats such as geomagnetic storms from solar activity, according to a new report released [read more]
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has finalized its full 150 MW solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) program, as well as announced the completion of its second utility-built solar [read more]
