Allegheny Power Ranked First in Northeast Region by Industrial Customers

Large commercial and industrial customers have rated Allegheny Power, the electric delivery business of Allegheny Energy, Inc., as one of the leaders in customer satisfaction among electric utilities in the United States. Allegheny ranked number one in the Northeast Region in the 2008 TQS Research, Inc. Benchmark Survey of 60 large utilities. This marks... 

Detectent Changes the Game in Energy Efficiency

Industry pioneer in the application of advanced Customer Intelligence Solutions for utilities, Detectent, Inc. announces the launch of their Energy Efficiency Solution, which delivers new techniques to maximize the potential of utilities’ energy efficiency programs. The Energy Efficiency Solution delivers program managers the tools and services they... 

Brodeur Partners Launches Clean Technology Practice

Brodeur Partners today launched its Clean Technology practice to help emerging and established companies attract public support for environmentally friendly technologies and sustainable “green” business initiatives. Brodeur Partners’ new practice draws on 23 years of experience in business and consumer technology and the firm’s... 

Detroit Edison Submits Application for Possible New Nuclear Plant

Detroit Edison officials submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission a Combined License Application for a possible new nuclear power plant at the site of the company’s existing nuclear plant near Newport, Mich. “It is satisfying to reach this significant milestone, which is necessary if we are to maintain the option of building a... 

Progress Energy Sending Crews, Contractors to Assist in Ike Restoration

Progress Energy is sending more than 800 company and contract workers from the Carolinas and Florida to Texas to assist utilities there with expected damage and power outages from Hurricane Ike. The company’s deployment of 385 employees and 437 contract personnel is larger than deployments made in support of utilities in Louisiana and Texas after... 

Comverge Announces ZigBee Certified Products at Autovation 2008

Comverge, Inc. a leading provider of clean energy solutions announced today the showing of two ZigBee® Certified products with the ZigBee Smart Energy profile. Both the Comverge SuperStat® Smart Programmable Thermostat and the Digital Control Unit(TM) (DCU) load control solution will be on display at Comverge booth number 711 on September 7th to the... 

Progress Energy Receives National Economic Development Award

Site Selection magazine has named Progress Energy one of North America’s Top Utilities for Economic Development for the sixth time in the last seven years. The magazine’s September 2008 issue selected Progress Energy as one of 10 winning utilities based on its success in helping to generate 7,405 new jobs and more than $766 million in capital... 

PECO Partners With ENERGY STAR (R) To Provide Customers With More Energy Saving Tools

PECO has formed a partnership with ENERGY STAR to provide its customers with more money saving resources through the company’s website at www.peco.com/save. A new web-based, interactive home is now available to take visitors on a tour from attic to garage that is full of energy saving tips and green information. PECO said it’s working to help its... 

Ricardo Creates New Strategic Business Group to Focus on Hybrid Vehicle Development

Ricardo, Inc., a leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world’s automotive, military, transport and new energy industries, today announced the formation of a dedicated global strategic business group to focus the company’s state-of-the-art resources in technology, facilities and engineering... 

Progress Energy Responding to Outages from Hanna

A strong Tropical Storm Hanna came ashore at 3:20 a.m., bringing high winds and heavy rains to much of Progress Energy Carolinas’ service area, and the company has deployed hundreds of company and contract workers to restore service as quickly and safely as possible. As of 8 a.m., about 55,000 customers were without power. Most of those customers...