Dominion Energy Sweetens the Deal for SCANA

Dominion Energy has sweetened the deal for acquiring SCE&G / SCANA. Dominion is offering existing SCANA customers a 15% rate…

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TVA Is Considering Closing More Fossil Plants

TVA is looking to close more fossil plants in TN and KY: at Bull Run FP and Paradise FP. TVA’s vision…

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NextEra is Buying San Francisco Trans Bay Cable for $1 Billion

NextEra will purchase the 53-mile underwater transmission cable that helps power San Francisco from Trans Bay Cable from Steel River Infrastructure…

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USDA Provides $1.6 Billion in Loans for Rural Electric Cooperatives to Improve Grid Resiliency

The Department of Agriculture will deliver loans to Electric Cooperatives in 24 states for $1.6 billion in order to increase…

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Transmission Investments in the US Soars!

Investments in the transmission power grid for utilities in the US nearly exceeded $21 Billion in 2016 and continue to…

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Will MLGW Trade Cost for Reliability in leaving TVA?

TVA CEO, Bill Johnson, explains that MLGW is performing “the riskiest decision the city-owned utility could do.”

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Stuxnet, Mirai, WannaCry found on ICS USB drives

BEWARE! Stuxnet, Mirai, WannaCry have been found on ICS USB drives! https://www.zdnet.com/article/almost-half-of-usb-drives-in-industrial-settings-pose-severe-security-risk/

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Basic Explanation of the Electric Power Grid

This is a basic explanation and summary of how the electric power grid works – by Matt Cole with 3…

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Looking Forward to the CIGRE USNC GOTF Conference! (Reston, VA)

Looking forward to the CIGRE USNC Grid of the Future Conference at the end of the month! (Reston, VA) Welcome…

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