U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced more than $356 million in new loans to upgrade rural electric services, including more than $15 million in smart grid [read more]
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) says its 117-mile Sunrise Powerlink transmission line linking San Diego to renewable power in California’s Imperial Valley will play an important role this summer, [read more]
The market for smart grid technologies will reach $73 billion in annual revenue by the end of 2020, totaling $461 billion in cumulative revenue from 2013 to 2020, according to [read more]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it will partner with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, City of Hoboken and Public Service Electric & Gas Co. (PSE&G) [read more]
The New York State Smart Grid Consortium (NYSSGC), a public-private partnership devoted to statewide implementation of the smart grid, has praised Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plans to rebuild and modernize New [read more]
Last year, Xcel Energy achieved milestones in renewable energy, energy efficiency and emissions reductions, according to the company's annual Corporate Responsibility Report. Xcel Energy increased its use of wind energy [read more]
South American smart grid expenditure will cumulatively reach $49.8 billion by 2023, according to a new study by Northeast Group LLC. The report says this spending will be allocated across [read more]
Honeywell has announced Total Connect Comfort with automated demand response (ADR), a new Wi-Fi-enabled thermostat for the home that also connects with a suite of utility technology and services to [read more]
The California Independent System Operator Corp. (California ISO) has reported that solar power generation reached a new all-time high output of 2.071 GW on June 7. The day's peak demand [read more]
Southern California Edison (SCE) has decided to permanently retire Units 2 and 3 of its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). "SONGS has served this region for over 40 years," [read more]
