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
- ABB wins $75 million power order for long distance power transmission link in Brazil
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Selects OSI Technology for Advanced Situational Awareness
- CEA Deepens Electricity Cooperation with Mexico
- FENGATE REACHES FINANCIAL CLOSE ON ACQUISITION OF 59.8 MWAC SAULT STE. MARIE SOLAR PORTFOLIO
- Investments in European wind power hit $29.4 billion last year
- Denmark's largest energy company to stop using coal by 2023
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
- Hydroelectric generators are among the United States’ oldest power plants
- 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
- Electric vehicle charging network will be only two thirds complete by Friday deadline, Ontario says
- 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
- Wind power is Competitive on Reliability and Resilience Says AWEA CEO
- 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
- 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?
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