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- New CL&P system gets lights back on faster (10/24/13)
- National Grid takes storm preparation into the digital age (9/26/13)
PROVIDENCE — When the next big storm hits Rhode Island, National Grid will be able to predict beforehand what areas will most likely lose power, and afterward its crews in the field will be able to create a digital map in real time of where damage has occurred.
- New technology, politics and prices generate uncertainty for utilities (8/23/13)
WAYNESBORO, GA. — Before the recession ground the state’s growth to a halt, Southern Co. made the decision to add two large nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle
- U.S. electrical grid stronger on 10th anniversary of blackout (8/10/13)
AP - The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity threats, and stress caused by shifts in where and how power is produced.
- Maine utility regulators hold smart meter hearing (8/7/13)
AUGUSTA — Mainers concerned about "smart meters" are getting a chance to voice their opinions this week.
- Vt wind power owner upset with grid operator (10/9/13)
MONTPELIER — A co-owner of a Vermont mountaintop wind power project is complaining that his turbines were ordered to stop sending electricity to the grid in favor of power produced by fossil fuel and nuclear plants.
- Navy plans for Cutler station power cable raise concerns about power plant jobs, scallop fishery (8/29/13)
MACHIAS, Maine — The Navy’s plan to put a power cable under Machias Bay has generated concern among scallop fisherman, and has some questioning the number of jobs that may be eliminated when the communications station in Cutler connects to the power grid
- Report Shows Just How Unusual Past 2 Years Were For Electric Customers (8/22/13)
Connecticut Light & Power customers endured an average of seven days without electricity in the past two calendar years, says a recently released report on the reliability of the state's electric distribution companies.
- State, ISO not on same page about wind in Vermont (8/7/13)
Vermont, its largest utility and the entity that operates the New England power grid continue to have their differences over where wind power fits in.
- Connecticut DEEP offers incentives to install vehicle charging stations (8/3/13)
HARTFORD — Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is offering incentives for towns and businesses to install vehicle-charging stations for electric cars