VANCOUVER – BC Transmission Corporation has identified a plan that will ensure safe and reliable electricity to the rapidly growing upper Columbia Valley region. The proposed solution will build a new transmission line between Invermere and Golden. Growing demand for power in Golden and surrounding communities means that the existing system is reaching its maximum [...]
Vancouver, BC, — Western Wind Energy Corp announced that it, and its wholly-owned subsidiary Aero Energy, LLC, have acquired, in an arm’s length transaction, important parcels of land located in Tehachapi, California from two individuals. The purchase price for the Property was US$1,000,000, which was payable as to US$200,000 in cash and US$800,000 in units [...]
Newark, NJ – PSEG Chairman, President and CEO Ralph Izzo testified before Congress and discussed with members of the House Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy and Environment the implications of proposals that would create an electric transmission superhighway. Izzo expressed concern about masking the true cost of building transmission for renewables through broad subsidization. [...]
Washington, DC - The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) hailed the release by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of the first-ever national assessment of demand response potential. The evaluation, “A National Assessment of Demand Response Potential,” was ordered by Congress in 2007 to better understand and identify the savings and benefits of [...]
That is not a rhetorical question. The fact is most utilities do not know exactly where their infrastructure is, what may be impacting their Right of Way (ROW) and the integrity of their lines… which naturally begs the question! Remote sensing technologies such as aerial LiDAR and imagery surveys have proven to provide highly accurate, [...]
GeoDigital LiDAR Surveys Provide PPL Accurate, Timely Electric Transmission Vegetation Clearance Reports and Models Conditions Based on Engineering Scenarios PPL Electric Utilities Corporation’s (PPL)’s LiDAR survey to broaden its vegetation management program and further its ability to ensure compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standard FAC-003, produced clearance reports within 72 hours of [...]
GAITHERSBURG, MD – The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology released for public review a report* that identifies issues and proposes priorities for developing technical standards and an architecture for a U.S. Smart Grid. The Smart Grid is a planned nationwide network that will use 21st century information technology to deliver electricity [...]
