Electricity News 2017

January 2017 News Story Index

• • Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Completes Acquisition of The Empire District Electric Company
• • HECO Aims To Hit Renewable Energy Goal Early
• • US Approves $2 Billion of Canada Cross-Border Transmission
• • 5 Trends Utilities Need to Watch in 2017
• • Spokane building a smart city from the grid out - EF News
• • Clean Line Withdraws in Iowa Pending Illinois Court Decision
• • Maryland Reveals 2017 Investment Plans For Green Jobs, Renewables
• • Power Co-Op Gets Bond Rating Upgrade After Exiting Kemper Deal
• • More UK Electricity 'from wind turbines than coal for first time' in 2016
• • Hawaiian Electric Seeks Onshore Wind Farm Developers On Oahu
• • Digital grid powering the future of utilities
• • REV Campus Challenge Receives $2 MILLION in Funding
• • Obama Makes His Final Case for Clean Energy as President: Decarbonization Is ‘Irreversible’
• • Vermont's New Governor Sticking with Renewable Energy Goal
• • Duke Energy Renewables acquires three California solar projects from SunPower
• • Samsung SDI Unveils 600km-traveling Battery Cell for EVs
• • Consumers in Power Markets Will Soon Change the Industry
• • City of Medicine Hat Electric Utility Recognized for Health and Safety Excellence
• • GenCell to Showcase Breakthrough Fuel Cell Solution That Keeps Utility Batteries Charged Up To 10 Times Longer
• • Mitsubishi Corporation and Partners Launch Energy Storage Demonstration Project in Delhi, India
• • Efficiency Groups Sound Alarm on Potential Regulatory Rollbacks
• • ADFD and IRENA Announce Funding by ADFD of USD 44.5 million in Four Developing Countries
• • New IRENA Report Details How Renewables Can Decarbonise the Energy Sector and Improve the Lives of Billions
• • DEWA highlights its latest renewable initiatives
• • RNRG’s SRA Systems Improve Power Prediction Accuracy by 14% at Japanese PV Project
• • A California Bill Would Require Solar Panels on All New Buildings
• • Minnesota Utility Sees Declining Returns in Coal Power Generation
• • Wyoming Bill Would All But Outlaw Clean Energy by Preventing Utilities from Using It
• • Training Program Connects Young Nova Scotians to Energy Sector
• • Call for Entries: 2017 EFC Industry Recognition Award
• • CANADIAN SOLAR COMPLETES SALE OF BEAMLIGHT AND ALFRED SOLAR POWER PLANTS TO CONCORD GREEN ENERGY
• • Health and Safety on Hydro-Québec Jobsites
• • ABB wins $75 million power order for long distance power transmission link in Brazil
• • New York Just Greenlighted The Country’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Yet

February 2017 News Story Index

• • Carnegie Teams with Sumitomo for Grid-Scale Vanadium Flow Battery Storage
• • Eight Areas of Electricity Innovation to Watch in 2017
• • NYCEEC Brings the Battery to Brooklyn, Financing Energy Storage for a Low-Income Housing Microgrid
• • LARGE-SCALE ENERGY PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN NY
• • IWH’s OHS Vulnerability Measure Identifies Workers’ Risk Levels
• • DOE Announces $30 Million for Projects to Integrate Solar into Grid
• • Government Charges Up Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles
• • Prysmian UK to Develop the Land Cable Connections for the East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm
• • FENGATE REACHES FINANCIAL CLOSE ON ACQUISITION OF 59.8 MWAC SAULT STE. MARIE SOLAR PORTFOLIO
• • Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Selects OSI Technology for Advanced Situational Awareness
• • CEA Deepens Electricity Cooperation with Mexico
• • Investments in European wind power hit $29.4 billion last year
• • Denmark's largest energy company to stop using coal by 2023
• • Company Fined $125K After Worker Fatally Electrocuted On The Job
• • Utilities Try To Tilt Solar Energy Market In Their Favour
• • Amazon Wind Farm US East, Powered by Avangrid Renewables, North Carolina’s First Wind Farm, Now Fully Operational
• • Power Producers Oppose Legislation Helping Millstone Nuclear Plant
• • Tacoma Public Utilities Adopts OSI Technology for an Advanced Energy Management System
• • Quebec government and Cascades invest in two energy efficiency projects
• • El Paso Electric Files 2017 Texas Rate Case
• • The Evolution of Wind Power in 2016
• • HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer discusses future cooperation opportunities with Tesla during the World Government Summit 2017
• • Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and DEWA announce venue for Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018

March 2017 News Story Index

• • Massachusetts Issues Energy Storage Solicitation Offering $10M
• • High electricity rates hurt Ontario factories, says industry group
• • BOEM receives wind power lease requests
• • Four-Year U.S. Wind Forecast Sees Quarter-Million Jobs
• • New White Paper from IEC assesses the worldwide need for Global Energy Interconnection
• • Warm weather leads to first recorded natural gas storage injection in February
• • U.S. wind generating capacity surpasses hydro capacity at the end of 2016
• • Projected electricity generation mix is sensitive to policies, natural gas prices
• • Coal unit retirements addressed by Montana lawmakers
• • Digital Transformation of Commercial Buildings
• • India's on-grid solar power development. Historical transitions, present status and future driving forces
• • Comparative evaluation of different offshore wind turbine installation vessels for Korean west-south wind farm
• • OPG Reports 2016 Financial Results
• • Renewable Energy Study Released

April 2017 News Story Index

• • How Synchrophasors are Bringing the Grid into the 21st Century
• • Asbestos removal underway at Summerside power plant as upgrades proceed
• • Hydro One CEO's $4.5M salary won't be reduced to help cut electricity costs
• • New head of Energy Efficiency Alberta promises agency will have real impact
• • Welcome to April: Higher BC Hydro rates
• • Westinghouse has no major 'impact' on China Nuclear Plant
• • 2016 a Record Year for Renewables, Latest IRENA Data Reveals
• • EIB confirms EUR 200 million long-term loan to State Bank of India to support Indian large scale solar projects
• • Wave and Tidal Energy Market Studies Research 2025 Detailed Analysis of Restrain and Growth Factors
• • Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Can Nearly Level Southeast Electricity Demand for More than a Decade
• • Visualizing nuclear radiation at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
• • Wind Turbine Operations and Maintenance Industry Detailed Analysis and Forecast by 2025
• • With New Distributed Energy Rebate, Illinois Could Challenge New York in Utility Innovation
• • Trump declares end to 'war on coal,' but utilities aren't listening
• • 10 new electric vehicle fast-charging stations planned on Trans-Canada in N.B.
• • Labrador power flowing through Quebec
• • OPG, Ontario First Nation Hdroelectric project comes online
• • Alberta power grid operator prepares to accept green energy bids

May 2017 News Story Index

• • Alberta's electricity future blowin' in the wind
• • NL Consumer Advocate says 18% electricity rate hike 'unacceptable'
• • BC's Kootenay Region makes electric cars a priority
• • Manitoba has clean energy to help neighboring provinces
• • Ontario tables legislation to lower electricity rates
• • Secret Liberal cabinet document reveals Electricity prices to soar
• • Yale Report on Western Grid Integration: Just Say Yes
• • Gas could be the most expensive, least reliable path to grid stability
• • Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability?
• • African Development Bank examines Senegal coal-fired power plant
• • Aboitiz receives another award for financing for its Tiwi and Makban geothermal plant
• • Asset Management Firm to Finance Clean Coal Technologies Inc.
• • Building Energy Celebrates the Beginning of Operations and Electricity Generation
• • Clean energy's dirty secret
• • Idaho Power Settlement Could Close Coal Plant, Raise Rates
• • Montreal's first STM electric buses roll out
• • St. Albert touts green goals with three new electric buses
• • Ontario opens first ever electric vehicle education centre in Toronto
• • New Alberta bill enables consumer price cap on power bills
• • Maritime Link almost a reality, as first power cable reaches Nova Scotia

June 2017 News Story Index

• • California regulators weigh whether the state needs more power plants
• • Three Mile Island nuclear plant will close in 2019, owner says
• • Zambian government says close to agreement with mines on electricity price rises
• • Electric car market goes zero to 2 million in five years
• • How Hedge Funds May Be Undermining the Electric Car Boom
• • Wynne defends 25% hydro rate cut:
• • Premier warns NDP, Greens that delaying Site C dam could cost $600M
• • Australia electricity market: Plan to avoid threats to electricity supply
• • Unilorin develops device to check electricity theft
• • Seasonal power rates could cause consumer backlash
• • Mississippi power plant costs cross $7.5B
• • Coal comeback unlikely after Paris climate pact withdrawal, says utility CEO
• • As Trump ditches Paris, California is one step closer to getting wind power from Wyoming
• • Clean energy stored in electric vehicles to power buildings
• • Russia Develops Cyber Weapon That Can Disrupt Power Grids

July 2017 News Story Index

• • Opinion: Now is the time for a western Canadian electricity grid
• • IEA: Electricity investment surpasses oil and gas for the first time
• • IEA warns fall in global energy investment may lead to shortages
• • UK electricity and gas networks making ‘unjustified’ profits
• • Gaza electricity crisis:
• • Shopping for electricity is getting cheaper in Texas
• • Ambitious clean energy target will mean lower electricity prices, modelling says
• • Energize America: Invest in a smarter electricity infrastructure
• • Alberta breaks summer electricity record, still far short of capacity
• • NB Power launches public charging network for EVs
• • Opinion: With deregulated electricity, no need to subsidize nuclear power
• • 94,000 lose electricity in LA area after fire at station
• • Why subsidies for electric cars are a bad idea for Canada
• • Opinion: The awesome, revolutionary electric-car revolution that doesn't actually exist
• • Russia suspected as hackers breach systems at power plants across US

August 2017 News Story Index

• • Shell’s strategic move into electricity
• • Ontario looks to build on electricity deal with Quebec
• • U.S. Electricity Sales Projections Continue to Fall
• • Why power companies should be investing in carbon-free electricity
• • Trends in Electricity Prices in Europe: Expect More Volatility
• • Canada could be electric, connected and clean — if it chooses
• • San Diego utility offers $10,000 off Nissan Leaf, BMW i3 electric cars
• • EPA moves to rewrite limits for coal power plant wastewater
• • Sparking change: what Tesla's Model 3 could mean for electric utilities
• • Student group asking government for incentives on electric cars
• • Toshiba, Tohoku Electric Power and Iwatani start development of large H2 energy system
• • Taiwan's economic minister resigns over widespread power outage
• • Parked Electric Cars Earn $1,530 From Europe's Power Grids
• • Electricity sales in the U.S. actually dropped over the past 7 years

September 2017 News Story Index

• • Maritime Electric team works on cleanup in Turks and Caicos
• • Ontario sending 200 workers to help restore power in Florida
• • Canadian power crews head to Irma-hit Florida to help restore service
• • Opinion: Would we use Site C's electricity?
• • Crowds plug into electric vehicle event in Regina
• • FPL stages massive response to Irma but power may not be back for days or weeks
• • China, Cambodia agree to nuclear energy cooperation
• • Australian operator warns of reduced power reserves
• • Tesla plans to reveal electric transport truck in October
• • Dewa in China to woo renewable energy firms
• • International Atomic Energy Agency agency commends China's nuclear security
• • Restoring power to Florida will take 'weeks, not days' in some areas
• • Texas utilities struggle to restore power as Harvey hampers progress
• • Three Mile Island at center of energy debate: Let struggling nuclear plants close or save them
• • Utilities see benefits in energy storage, even without mandates

October 2017 News Story Index

• • BC Hydro says three LNG companies continue to demand electricity, justifying Site C
• • Report: Canada's renewable energy growth projections scaled back after Ontario scraps clean energy program
• • Hydro-Quebec shocks cottage owner with $5,300 in retroactive charges
• • Opp Leader calls for electricity market overhaul to favor consumers over generators
• • Elon Musk could help rebuild Puerto Rico with solar-powered electricity grid
• • India Electricity Prices are Spiking
• • 35 arrested in India for stealing electricity
• • Energy groups warn Trump and Perry are rushing major change to electricity pricing
• • Revenue from Energy Storage for Microgrids to Total More Than $22 Billion in the Next Decade
• • EU Smart Meters Spur Growth in the Customer Analytics Market
• • Trump Is Seen Replacing Obama’s Power Plant Overhaul With a Tune-Up
• • Yet another Irish electricity provider is increasing its prices
• • Peer-to-peer energy breakthrough could allow solar and wind energy sources to be shared

November 2017 News Story Index

• • Metering Pilot projects may be good example for Ontario utilities
• • B.C. government freezes provincial electricity rates
• • Hydro One employee suffers 'serious injuries' while replacing pole
• • Class-action lawsuit: Hydro-Québec overcharged customers up to $1.2B
• • $453M Manitoba Hydro line to Minnesota could face delay after energy board recommendation
• • China Solar PV grew faster than any other fuel in 2016
• • ETP 2017 maps major transformations in energy technologies
• • Effort to make Philippines among best power grids in Asia
• • Energy UK - Switching surge continues
• • ACORE tells FERC that DOE Proposal to Subsidize Coal, Nuclear Power Plants is unsupported by Record
• • Florida PSC approves Gulf Power’s purchase of renewable energy produced at municipal solid waste plant
• • Lawmakers question FERC licensing process for dams in West Virginia
• • Jordan approves MOU to implement Jordan-Saudi Arabia electricity linkage
• • Legislation through House to modernize Oregon hydropower
• • Nuclear plants produce over half of Illinois electricity, almost faced retirement

December 2017 News Story Index

• • Maritime Link sends first electricity between Newfoundland, Nova Scotia
• • Investigation reveals power company 'gamed' $100M from Ontario's electricity system
• • ‘Tsunami of data’ could consume one fifth of global electricity by 2025
• • SaskPower exploring geothermal power plant in efforts to reach 2030 targets
• • Manitoba Hydro hikes face opposition as hearings begin
• • Progress being made on doubling renewable electricity by 2030: SaskPower
• • Electricity production from Irish windfarms hits all-time high
• • Hong Kong to expect electricity bills to rise 1 or 2 per cent
• • Why Is Georgia Importing So Much Electricity?
• • Global Wind Energy To Shift Southward In Years To Come
• • Four Major Types of Substation Integration Service Providers Account for More than $1 Billion in Annual Revenues
• • FERC needs to review capacity market performance, GAO recommends
• • Ohio nuclear generators to face more competition with new 955-MW gas plant
• • PG&E Supports Local Communities as It Pays More Than $230 Million in Property Taxes to 50 California Counties
• • Investigation underway to determine cause of Atlanta Airport blackout
• • EFTI Arc Flash training courses focus on updated 2018 Arc Flash Standard
• • Egypt Plans Power Link to Saudis in $1.6 Billion Project
• • NEB: Demand for solar electricity lagging behind in Canada
• • UPS pre-orders 125 Tesla electric semi-trucks
• • What is new in the 2018 Edition of CSA Z462 Workplace Electrical Safety Standard?