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Utilities are increasingly in the business of educating consumers about saving energy.

The biggest impediment to new transmission construction is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) lack of a policy regarding network upgrade costs allocation.

Utilities are working diligently through their smart grid strategies. Yet public forums indicate a disheartening reality.

In March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, using an early prototype telephone, transmitted the momentous request to his assistant in an adjoining room ...

Texas keeps swaggering into conversations about who’s doing smart grid right, and for many reasons.

Senate Proposals to Tighten Buy American Requirements for Renewable Projects, Limit EPA’s GHG Regulatory Authority.

In recent years, institutional investors and social activists have called for public companies to address in their securities filings the impact of climate change on their businesses.

As a supplier of capital goods to each segment and tier of the global gas turbine industry, we have a distinctive perspective on who does the best job of investing for competitive advantage.

In today’s new era of ever-more expensive fossil fuels, assessing every dimension of energy illuminates inefficiencies where cost savings can be identified.

Utility companies continue to face considerable margin pressures that stem from challenges.

Less regulated natural gas companies continue to lead the upward charge, surpassing the S&P 500 for the first time this year.

Coal has been the backbone of the North American power generation market for decades.

The Longview Power project is a state-of-the-art power generation facility under construction in Maidsville, W.V.

“Geothermal grows 26% in 2009,” read headlines following release of the April “U.S. Geothermal Power Production and Development Update” ...

The U.S. must generate millions of jobs to regain its economic vitality. As for President Barack Obama, he considers jobs ...

Energy efficiency is all about using less energy to accomplish the same task.

Utilities have long used Web portals for electronic billing and simple service work.

We hear it all the time, and we’re sure you’ve heard it, too: the excited assertion that the smart grid is going to be the new Internet!

he movement toward the development and optimization of the smart grid has been challenged by the usability of its point of promotion ...

Two groundbreaking ICF International studies provide direction for the effective siting of high-power transmission lines and the design of collector systems.

In 2004, the Jackson (Tenn.) Energy Authority (JEA) embarked on one of the largest U.S. fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) deployments of the time.

Electricity generating companies and AM radio broadcasters can coexist harmoniously when radio frequency conflicts are resolved early in building power lines.

Driving Cost From Billing, Collections While Improving Customer Relationship

What is a remarkable accomplishment for us at CS Week is, we realize, standard practice for the utilities we serve: You encounter a disaster and mobilize all your resources to respond.

An Opportunity for Growth, Increased Customer Loyalty and Differentiation

Recently I participated in a murder mystery weekend at a bed-and-breakfast lodge. Every guest was a given a role to play.

Earlier this year, we held the first Electric Light & Power Executive Conference in Tampa, Fla. It was a successful event that featured many expert speakers.

I was reading the Mar/Apr/2010 issue of ELP and was particularly interested in the commentary “Uncovered: 100 Years of Electricity History.”