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| | | | | BROUGHT TO YOU BY – Cobham SATCOM Smart meters and two-way communication are expected to lead to cost savings of $157 billion in 2035. However, 58% of all utility companies are struggling with connectivity issues. And while the connectivity issues are left unsolved, the number and length of outages is increasing … this calls for improved connectivity. But how? | | Learn more here! |
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| | | | | It is critical to continue researching ways to protect electrical systems against the effects of geomagnetic storms | | Read more |
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| | | Regulators in Maine are considering beefing up utility performance rules to better monitor customer-focused performance. The proposed amendments include what the regulatory commission called “substantial modifications” to existing rules that were first adopted in 2019. The rule changes are intended to enable regulators to better measure utility performance in terms of outage frequency and duration, storm restoration, call-center responsiveness, billing… | | Read more |
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| | | By Seth Blumsack, Penn State As manufacturers introduce new models of electric vehicles, demand for them is growing steadily. New EV sales in the U.S. roughly doubled in 2021 and could double again in 2022, from 600,000 to 1.2 million. Auto industry leaders expect that EVs could account for at least half of all new U.S. car sales by the… | | Read more |
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| | | Sponsored Content Discover how these 4 megatrends are leading the way to net-zero. Get our analysis, produced in collaboration with Black & Veatch. | | Learn more |
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| | | Facing increasing customer demand, in 2014, ELFEC began to modernize its grid. As it did so, it realized that it also needed to address limitations with grid communications. | | Read more |
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| | | Burns & McDonnell and Infinite Energy Construction (IEC), an electrical contractor and certified minority-owned business enterprise, agreed to begin jointly providing electrical transmission and distribution engineering services. IEC Engineering, a newly formed business unit within IEC, will work primarily with the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Group at Burns & McDonnell on projects for electric utilities. The companies said that many… | | Read more |
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| | | SCE provides incentives to residential solar and battery owners for participating in AutoGrid’s VPP, which allows SCE customers to help stabilize, rebalance and increase the efficiency of the grid. | | Read more |
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UPCOMING EVENTS | RENEWABLE+ Series™️: Wind | April 13, 2022 Join us in our bi-annual RENEWABLE+ Series™️ this April to learn how both offshore and onshore wind continues to grow, and we'll check in with the global state of wind energy. Register for FREE today for both sessions. READ MORE |
| DISTRIBUTECH International®️ | May 23-25, 2022 Join the leading annual transmission and distribution event that addresses technologies used to move electricity from the power plant through the transmission and distribution systems to the meter and inside the home. Register today! READ MORE |
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| | | The United States Postal Service has doubled its order of electric vehicles from 5,000 to 10,019 as part of its planned fleet upgrade. | | Read more |
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| | | As for the May temperature outlook, slightly above normal temperatures are forecast across the Desert Southwest, southern Rockies, south-central Plains, mid and lower Mississippi Valley, and Deep South. | | Read more |
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