Industry Highlights

Image courtesy of Jukka Isokoski under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. Various cities and states across the U.S. have been working hard [...]

Image courtesy of Lance Asper courtesy of Upsplash under the Unsplash License, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. Florida Power & Light (FPL) is almost ready to launch its new, $1.2 million [...]

Image courtesy of Ian Munroe courtesy of Flickr under creative commons license, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. Beware of energy droughts in the decades to come.  That’s the message being [...]

Image courtesy of Ken Lund courtesy of Flickr under creative commons license, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. I’ve written about the impact of drought conditions on hydropower plants in previous [...]

Image courtesy of Don Graham courtesy of Flickr under creative commons license, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. I just read a very interesting article from my friends at T&D World that [...]

Image courtesy of Metro Library and Archive courtesy of Flickr under creative commons license, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. Reducing smog pollution is currently one of the top priorities for the [...]

Image courtesy of Cameron Strandberg courtesy of Flickr under creative commons license, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. The Oregon PUC has approved the 2022 wildfire mitigation plans (WMPs) of the 3 [...]

PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest grid operator operating in 13 states and Washington DC, announced that about 1,200 primarily solar projects will be placed on hold for 2 years as part of [...]

It’s just a matter of time before all power grids, at least in the U.S., are enhanced to become “smart,” and mesh networks and open standards are going to be critical to this evolution. Benefits [...]

The phrase “smart substations” might sound like an oxymoron, but in truth, these somewhat dated electrical structures could use a little smartness.  Substations play a crucial role in the [...]