Formerly Hitachi ABB Power Grids, the global technology leader recently announced its evolution to Hitachi Energy and renewed its purpose to ‘advancing a sustainable energy future for all’. Delivering on the promise of a carbon-neutral future will take passion, trust, and innovation, and the benefits will be for our generations and those to come. With our new name – Hitachi Energy – we are broadening our commitment to creating a real impact for our customers and partners, our people, and society.

According to the recently released EIA Annual Electric Power Industry Report, electricity customers experienced on average just over eight hours of electric power interruptions in 2020, the most since the organization began collecting electricity reliability data in 2013.

The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more.

The infrastructure bill is the largest investment in the nation’s infrastructure in decades. So how does the government go about spending all that money?

FREE Webinar: In this session, we will discuss a new approach to managing traditional utility assets and infrastructure.

The publications recommend actions for improved energy systems resilience and lessons from covid-19 pandemic.

A microgrid control lab opened at the University of Central Florida on Tuesday, the product of a partnership between Florida Power & Light and GE Digital to simulate a modern grid control room and accelerate research.

The 161-kV Evergy Jayhawk Switching Station that was constructed to connect a 195-MW wind farm in southern Kansas is now complete.

EDM International will fly a helicopter equipped with cameras directly above powerlines, capturing high-resolution images that PNM will use to review vegetation, rights-of-way, and integrity of its electric structures. 

The Illuminating Company said it is modernizing its electric system in eastern Cuyahoga County to help prevent or minimize the length of power outages.