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PacifiCorp’s 2025 Plan Focuses on Renewables, Storage, and Extended Coal Use
PacifiCorp, a major utility serving customers across the western United States, has released its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), outlining ambitious goals for renewable energy…
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New Solar Metric Replaces FICO for Low-Income Households
In a recent development in the solar energy sector, a new qualification metric is being introduced to better assess eligibility for solar programs among low-income…
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Oregon Approves Major Solar and Storage Initiative
Oregon has recently given the green light to one of the largest solar and energy storage projects in the United States, marking a monumental step…
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UN Warns of Deadly Heat as Hottest Decade Ends
In December 2024, the United Nations reported that the world has endured a "decade of deadly heat," with 2024 marking the tenth consecutive year of…
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U.S. Treasury Finalizes Clean Energy Tax Credit Rules
In a significant move for the U.S. clean energy sector, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has released the final set of rules for the…
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GE’s Steam Power Systems to deliver $1.9 Billion Contract for Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station in the United Kingdom
GE has confirmed that it received approval of its $1.9 billion contract for EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power project. Steam Power Systems, part…
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Duke Energy Approved to Deploy New Power Generation in NC
Duke Energy has received approval from North Carolina regulators to deploy a significant amount of new power generation capacity in the state, including new natural…
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Climate Crisis Threatens Canada’s Ice Roads for Indigenous Communities
The warming climate is rapidly transforming the landscape of northern Canada, particularly for Indigenous communities who rely on ice roads for critical supplies. These roads,…
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The Mentoring Gap: How the Loss of Informal Knowledge Is Affecting Safety
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ANALYZING THE VEGETATION PROBLEM: Getting the Most Out of Collected Data Through Advanced Analytics
As a utility, vegetation management is of the utmost importance – for ensuring transmission and distribution reliability and complying with complex North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) regulations…
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The Future of DC Transmission
An inside look at the rise of HVDC technologies
BY DIETMAR RETZMANN & KARL UECKER, Siemens Energy
The answer to the dreaded cry from towns…
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Current Trends in Transmission and Distribution
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Casting Doubts on Global Positioning
Many fleet executives working at electric utilities have doubts about implementing global positioning system (GPS) tracking technology into their fleet operations. A number of doubts…
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Aging Cable Infrastructure
The 2014 Annual Energy Outlook Report compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that total electricity demand will grow by 29 percent (0.9…
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