Tag: electric

November 22, 2021

The Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office says state regulators should block the sale of the state’s largest electric distribution utility until the buyer assures that it can comply with the state’s ambitious new climate law. PPL Corp. announced in March […]

January 13, 2021

Pumped Hydro Compressed Air Energy Storage (PHCAES) is a new system that can deliver stored energy at two to three cents per kilowatt-hour. This cost, far lower than that of lithium batteries, is similar to Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES), […]

October 19, 2020

U.S. homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy and three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Each of these statistics points […]

December 8, 2016

With the addition of 10 cities, The City Energy Project — a joint project of the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Institute for Market Transformation — now is helping 19 cities and one county tailor individualized measures aimed at reducing […]

December 5, 2016

The Electric Markets Research Foundation (EMRF) released preliminary results on December 2 of a research study on The Sustainability of Net Metering, indicating that the value of solar diminishes as more rooftop solar is added to the grid –  and […]

February 11, 2016

A new report from GTM Research — U.S. Residential Solar Economic Outlook: Grid Parity, Rate Design and Net Metering Risk — sheds light on the growing residential solar market in the US. According to the report, 20 US states are […]

February 10, 2016

So far this winter, natural gas consumption in the electric power sector (gas burn) has been higher than in any previous winter. According to Bentek Energy, gas burn in the electric power sector has averaged 25.0 billion cubic feet per […]

January 21, 2016

New energy technologies, decreasing renewable energy costs, and low natural gas prices are forcing changes in the way traditional power companies must plan for the future. “A fundamental rethink is now well underway about how energy gets produced, delivered, consumed, […]

October 12, 2015

Orion Energy Systems has introduced a new suite of high bay LED industrial light fixtures. The ISON LED High Bay delivers 179 lumens per watt and a 10-year total cost of ownership. The APOLLO LED High Bay offers up to […]

October 12, 2015

With the planned federal Investment Tax Credit step-down on the horizon, utility project developers and EPCs are turning over every rock in search of cost reductions. In its latest report, PV Balance of Systems 2015, GTM Research uncovers the most […]