Industry Highlights

California-based PG&E has proposed a 1,600 MW energy storage plan to California regulators.  The proposal applies to 9 projects across California that are expected to come online between 2023 [...]

I recently stumbled onto an interesting article published by Power Grid International that touts the virtues of a so-called “smart antenna strategy” for electric utilities. I’ve never heard this [...]

What’s better, overground or underground power lines? That’s the question I’m posing today, and like many things in life, the answer is not particularly straight-forward. Both undergrounding and [...]

Utilizing helicopters to install, maintain and repair electrical infrastructure is more common than you might think. This kind of work is typically done by climbing poles or utilizing bucket [...]

In November 2021, almost 60% of voters in Maine voted to stop construction on the New England Clean Energy Connect, a 145-mile high-voltage transmission corridor being developed by Central Maine [...]

The recent passing into law of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is a huge win for utility companies, especially those in the water and electricity sectors.  All told, [...]

Best-in-class asset management is going to be critical for electric utilities as new demands put a strain on the grid.  These new demands include the addition and integration of renewable energy [...]

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has conducted hundreds of power plant inspections in an effort to help maximize the reliability of the Texas power grid over the coming winter [...]

A PJM report created in Dec. 2021, called Energy Transition in PJM: Frameworks for Analysis, paints a dire picture of future reliability in the context of a predicted increase in the amount of [...]

According to recent research, up to 32 GW of new natural gas-fired generation capacity could be online by 2025.  Renewable energy gets most of the press, but information like this suggests that [...]