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How AMI Can Improve Grid Reliability and Outage Response

Leveraging AMI to improve grid reliability and outage response BY TIM WOLF, Itron Getting a handle on overall grid reliability and outage trends for the entire U.S. can be challenging. Despite generally high reliability numbers, power outages are occurring more frequently and the U.S. Department...

Smart Meters for Outage Management

Reviewing the benefits and addressing the obstacles BY RON CLANTON & MARK HOLLIDAY, KPMG LLP The outage management process has undergone remarkable changes over the last several decades. The need to respond to power outages when they occur has been around since the first lines were run from...

Customer Billing

Sales Order Automation for Electric Utilities

In today’s technology driven society, the pace of business is faster than ever. With access to new tools and innovations, electrical distributors are continuously expected to improve efficiency and customer service, delivering more with less and in increasingly rapid ordering cycles. Faced with...

Count the Customers:

The transmission and distribution system links power generators and electricity consumers, but it is an often neglected part of any discussion about the future of electricity. Yet paying for this key piece of infrastructure is a giant influence on how the electric grid can or should change as such...

Demand Response

FERC Rejects PJM Transmission Planning Change

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected a proposal from PJM Interconnection, one of the United States' largest regional transmission organizations, to alter its transmission planning protocol. The decision represents a significant victory for state regulators who had expressed...

Smart thermostats prove their worth, leading the way to smarter homes

Over the past couple of years, advanced thermostats have seen a steady uptake and are reaching a higher level of market maturity.Google’s acquisition of Nest Labs for $3.2 billion in 2014 fueled the development of this market. Other high profile companies have since followed suit to carry...
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FERC Approves Interconnection for Talen Energy, Amazon Data Center

In a significant move that underscores the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy to power the expanding digital infrastructure, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved an interconnection agreement between Talen Energy, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Exelon. This agreement allows for the integration of new energy generation sources to supply a large-scale Amazon data center facility at the Susquehanna nuclear plant in Pennsylvania.

The Growing Need for Data Centers and Renewable Energy

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