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Hydro One wants to spend another $6-million to redesign bills

TORONTO - Ontario's largest and recently privatized electricity utility has spent $9-million to redesign bills and is proposing to spend…

Several Milestones Reached at Nuclear Power Projects Around the World

LONDON - The world’s nuclear power industry has been busy in the new year, with several construction projects reaching key…

Israeli ministries order further reduction in coal use

TEL AVIV - Israel's Energy and Water and Environmental Protection Ministers have ordered an immediate 30% reduction in coal use…

Leningrad II-1 reactor assembled

MOSCOW - Rosenergoatom has completed the assembly of the reactor vessel for unit 1 of the Leningrad Phase II nuclear…

India Proposes 70 Percent Duty on China, Malaysia Solar Imports

NEW DELHI - India, the largest importer of Chinese solar equipment, proposed a 70 per cent "safeguard duty" on cells…

Tesla’s lead battery expert hired by Uber to help power its ‘flying car’ service

SAN JOSE - Celina Mikolajczak, a senior manager for battery pack development at Tesla, has been hired by Uber to…

UK must be ready for rise of electric vehicles, says ABB chief

LONDON - The UK should speed up preparations for the rise of electric vehicles, according to the chief executive of…

New Rules for a Future Puerto Rico Microgrid Landscape

PUERTO RICO - The Puerto Rico Energy Commission unveiled 29 pages of proposed regulations last week for future microgrid installations…

Massachusetts stirs controversy with solar demand charge, TOU pricing cut

WASHINGTON - A recent Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities' rate case order changes the way solar net metering works and…

Coal CEO blasts federal agency's decision on power grid

WASHINGTON - A decision by an independent energy agency to reject the Trump administration’s plan to bolster the coal industry…

Turning seawater into electricity: NB Power's untested idea for Belledune

FREDERICTON - NB Power is betting $7 million on a promising but untested new way to generate electricity without emitting…

Stop messaging me about arc flash training

TORONTO - "Stop messaging me about arc flash training. It's a f****** joke. I'm a certified electrician I don't need…

Despite delays, BC Hydro says crews responded well to 'atypical' storm

VANCOUVER - Call it the straw that broke the llama's back.

The loss of power during recent Fraser Valley ice storms meant…

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