Will AI help with electrification and load growth? Most utilities …
WEB17 hours ago · Most utilities seem to think so. Itron has released its 2024 Resourcefulness Insight Report, which explores the current trends and future expectations of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) on utility operations and strategies. Nearly 90% of utilities view AI and machine learning as crucial for overcoming operational hurdles ...
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WEBMichigan’s two largest utilities have ‘worse than average’ restoration times, audit finds. 09.24.2024. MPSC said the third-party audit is the deepest dive it has conducted into the electric distribution systems of Consumers and DTE Electric, which together serve about 4.1 million customers. The U.S. has a ‘critical’ shortage of power ...
A speed boost? FERC approves California ISO’s interconnection …
WEB5 days ago · The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a series of reforms to the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) interconnection process, ruling that the changes will help “ensure that interconnection customers are able to interconnect to the transmission system in a reliable, efficient, transparent, and timely ...
DOE invests $1.5B for four transmission projects, releases long …
WEB4 days ago · DOE invests $1.5B for four transmission projects, releases long-awaited planning study. The projects selected for the Transmission Facilitation Program will enable nearly 1,000 miles of new transmission development and 7,100 MW of new capacity throughout Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, …
‘We need to redesign the grid from scratch’ – Assessing Texas load ...
WEB3 days ago · Hala Ballouz loves figuring out how things work. The big stuff, especially. “What makes me tick is the electric grid,” she explains over the din of a crowded convention hall at RE+. “The production and delivery of energy to end consumers, and making sure that electricity reaches the end ...
Virginia’s electric vehicle transition depends on the power grid.
WEB4 days ago · by Charlie Paullin and Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury This is part four of a five-part series about Virginia’s transition to electric vehicles that examines the government’s role in the process, the private industry’s status, the development of charging infrastructure in the state, EVs’ impact on the electric grid, and how the commonwealth’s workforce may be influenced by the ...
Utilities are looking at battery storage in a whole new way
WEBBy John Engel 7.15.2024. Share. Powin's 50 MW/66.2 MWh battery storage project in Texas. (Courtesy: Powin) Only a few years ago, electric utilities were still kicking the tires on the potential applications of energy storage. Lithium-ion batteries had already emerged as the market leader with rapidly declining costs and myriad use cases.
DOE: ‘Advanced’ grid solutions could add up to 100 GW in capacity
WEBApr 17, 2024 · A new report from the Department of Energy (DOE) finds that deploying “advanced” grid solutions available today can cost-effectively increase the capacity of the existing grid to support 20-100 GW of incremental peak demand when installed individually, while also improving grid reliability, resilience, affordability, and sustainability.
Batteries are surging onto the grid. How are they being used?
WEBJun 26, 2024 · Utilities are increasingly using batteries for grid stability and arbitrage, or moving electricity from periods of low prices to periods of high prices, according to a new survey from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA published an early release of data from its EIA-860, Annual Electric Generator Report, which includes new ...
PG&E to expand remote grid program with six new microgrids
WEBMay 14, 2024 · PG&E to expand remote grid program with six new microgrids. Including the new systems to be deployed in the coming months, PG&E will soon reach up to 12 total remote grids powering 18 customers while removing nearly 13 miles of overhead electric distribution lines at the grid edge in high fire-threat areas. Sean Wolfe 5.14.2024.