Funding Pours in for Green Valley Initiative

The Green Valley Initiative (GVI) has received grants and pledges totaling nearly $200,000 to help fund future efforts to bring clean and green technologies to the Inland Empire, representatives announced Tuesday. The economic development agencies of both Riverside and San Bernardino counties have committed $25,000 each to the process of identifying... 

New Challenges and Opportunities in Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Vehicle-to-Grid Power: Challenges and Opportunities” report to their offering. The 1st Edition of Vehicle-to-Grid Power: Challenges and Opportunities is a 38-page report which seeks to pull together information on the current status of V2G power into a comprehensive overview to provide... 

Progress Energy Carolinas Again Seeking Renewable Energy Projects

Progress Energy Carolinas is again seeking proposals for potential renewable energy projects and alternative energy providers, as part of the company’s balanced strategy for meeting the growing energy needs of 1.4 million households and businesses in the Carolinas. The company issued an open-ended request for renewable proposals in November 2007,... 

Con Edison Receives Award for Outstanding System-Wide Reliability

Con Edison has received PA Consulting Group’s 2008 Outstanding System-Wide Reliability Award and also the organization’s 2008 ReliabilityOne(TM) award for the Northeast Region. Both awards are given annually to utilities that have excelled in delivering reliable electric service to their customers. “Behind every light switch in Con... 

DTE Energy Warns Customers to Beware of Phone Scams Aimed at Identity Theft

DTE Energy and its Detroit Edison and MichCon subsidiaries are warning customers to watch out for telephone scams that are being used to obtain personal information about the utilities’ customers. “DTE Energy has warned customers in the past about con artists who pose as utility workers in order to gain access to homes and personal property,”... 

APS System Improvements Help Provide Arizona Customers with Outstanding Summer Service and Reliability

During a summer in which monsoon storms and high temperatures dominated local news, APS continued to provide reliable service to the Company’s more than 1.1 million customers throughout Arizona. “It’s our job to be prepared for any potential contingency, and to ensure the lights come on and air conditioning is available when our customers flip... 

Lakeland Electric Signs Historic Agreement to Deploy More Solar Per Customer Than Any Other U.S. Utility

Lakeland Electric and SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, announced a public-private partnership to deploy 24 megawatts of solar. The program will be the largest utility-sponsored photovoltaic (PV) solar program per metered customer in the United States to date, averaging 214 watts per meter among Lakeland Electric’s... 

Ameresco AXIS Offers Streamlined Utility Billing Management for Energy Managers

Ameresco, Inc. today unveiled its new comprehensive billing management system, AXIS, which is designed to streamline the utility payment and energy analysis processes for large companies with improved reporting accuracy and relevance. The energy solutions provider introduced the new system to energy managers at the Edison Electric Institute’s... 

Ameresco AXIS Offers Streamlined Utility Billing Management for Energy Managers

Ameresco, Inc. unveiled its new comprehensive billing management system, AXIS, which is designed to streamline the utility payment and energy analysis processes for large companies with improved reporting accuracy and relevance. The energy solutions provider introduced the new system to energy managers at the Edison Electric Institute’s Fall National... 

AMSC Manufactures and Ships Superconductor Wire for Project HYDRA Prototype Power Cable

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, announced today that it has manufactured and shipped approximately 17,000 meters (56,000 feet) of its proprietary second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire, branded as 344 superconductors, from the company’s manufacturing facility in Devens, MA for...