Intergraph, a global leader of integrated operational support and infrastructure management solutions for the utility and communications industries, is providing its InService Outage Management Systems (OMS) and Mobile Workforce Management (MWFM) solutions to Westar Energy, Inc., the largest electric energy provider in Kansas, USA. This implementation was partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Continue reading →
grant
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has launched a $74-million smart-grid initiative supported in part by a Smart Grid Investment Grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The initiative involves the installation of capacitor banks and phasor measurement units (PMUs) on the bulk transmission system throughout the state. via NY system operator launches Continue reading →
Columbia Engineering’s Roger Anderson and his Smart Grid team at the Center for Computational Learning Systems is the only university to win one of 12 awards in General Electric’s global “Ecomagination Innovation Challenge” for their plan to optimize the recharging of Manhattan’s first fleet of electric delivery vehicles (EDVs) that FedEx Express will deploy in Continue reading →
ComEd said will letters go out this week to single family homeowners in the innovation corridor along I-290 – which includes 130,000 customers in Melrose Park, Bellwood, Maywood, River Forest, Oak Park, Forest Park, Broadview, Hillside, Berwyn and the Humboldt Park section of Chicago – asking for single-family homeowners to test solar panels. The three-year Continue reading →
After weeks of testimony and 11th-hour changes to its big smart meter project, Baltimore Gas & Electric has gotten itself back into the good graces of Maryland state regulators. The utility announced Monday (PDF) that the Maryland Public Service Commission approved the redrawn project on Friday, meaning BG&E won’t have to return a $200 million Continue reading →
Oregon’s power grid will need to be improved in the coming years as more wind and solar power comes online. The U.S. Department of Energy will help that happen with a $178 million project to test smart grid technologies in five Northwestern states, including Oregon. via $178M project to test smart grid technology « Daily Continue reading →
Ohio-based FirstEnergy is on its way to make a transition over to smart grid and the company has signed an agreement with Department of Energy for a huge grant. In a recent press release, FirstEnergy Corp. announced that it has been awarded $57.4 million grant by the Department of Energy (DOE) as a part of Continue reading →
Central Electric Cooperative will receive $4.65 million in matching funds from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to deploy smart grid technologies. The grant, provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, will enable CEC to replace more than 30,000 existing meters with advanced metering technology. via Central Electric to Deploy Smart Grid Continue reading →
PPL Electric Utilities has finalized a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy for a $19 million matching smart grid grant that will help the company improve electric service reliability for more than 60,000 Harrisburg area customers. It’s a key step in the company’s $38 million PPL Smart Grid project. PPL Electric Utilities is partnering Continue reading →
NYSE-listed energy efficiency company Progress Energy has received a $200m grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) under the 2009 federal stimulus package for smart grid projects. via NewNet News – Progress Energy receives $200m federal smart grid grant.
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch recently announced a $450,000 federal grant for Vermont Law School’s Institute for Energy and the Environment to conduct smart-grid research and analysis aimed at updating the U.S. power grid. The Department of Energy grant, which was secured by Welch, will strengthen the Institute’s reputation as a national leader in smart-grid implementation Continue reading →
With energy experts forecasting substantial increases in solar power in the coming decades, GE researchers are working with Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest electric utility, to understand how large amounts of solar can best be integrated into today’s grid. APS, along with four partners, including GE, recently was awarded a $3.3 million High Penetration Continue reading →
American Transmission Co. has entered into two agreements with the United States Department of Energy, accepting investment grants totaling $12.7 million to invest in smart grid technologies to be incorporated into ATC’s transmission system. The DOE in October notified ATC that two of its applications for smart grid investment grants were selected for smart grid Continue reading →
The Naperville City Council on Tuesday night took the first step toward the eventual installation of up to 57,000 smart meters in homes that will allow the city and rate-payers to monitor electric use and hopefully lower energy bills, reduce outages and shrink carbon footprints. Council members voted 7-0 to work with the United States Continue reading →
UTC is one of 33 colleges nationwide and the only school in the state to win federal stimulus funds to help develop training programs to expand electric smart-grid technology. Officials say the award puts the school on the cutting edge of the emerging technology. via Chattanooga Times Free Press | UTC awarded federal grant for Continue reading →
UH M?noa's College of Engineering, with the support of Hawaiian Electric Company, has been awarded a $2.5-million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to train students and current workers for emerging jobs in clean and renewable energy technologies in the electric power industry. Officially titled, “Integrated Education and Research Continue reading →
Black Hills Power has reached an agreement with the Department of Energy for a $9.6 million matching grant that will fund the installation of 69,000 smart meters and related infrastructure. Smart meters use cellular technology, which allows the utility to read electrical usage remotely. Now, meter readers check the meter in person monthly by entering Continue reading →
The X PRIZE Foundation (XPF) is expanding its vision to address worldwide challenges in the areas of Energy & Environment; Exploration of the Oceans and Space; Life Sciences; and Education & Global Development with $100 million in prizes over the next 10 years. X PRIZE is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to create Continue reading →
Peco Energy Company, the Pennsylvania subsidiary of Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC), has entered into an agreement with the Department of Energy, accepting a $200 million grant for setting up a smart electric grid across Greater Philadelphia, according to an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. via Citybizlist Philadelphia – Peco Energy Signs Continue reading →
Representatives from the US Department of Energy (DOE) announce that they have just awarded a $2.5 million grant to the College of Technology, at the University of Houston. The money will be used to create a new type of training program, which will seek to train a small, highly-specialized unit of technicians in how to Continue reading →
