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Though difficulties arose with demand response and commercial refrigeration, Con Edison projects 55 MW of peak load reduction for its Brooklyn-Queens Demand Management Program by summer 2022.
As utilities, corporations and states accelerate their goals, new technology will be necessary to support the clean energy transition, and the government's role in R&D and market incentives will be vital, a new report says.
The department's proposal to prevent billions of bulbs from being subject to stricter efficiency standards starting in 2020 is unnecessary and possibly illegal, say environmental and energy efficiency advocates.
To reduce tension between power companies and other stakeholders, the grid mod process could include more opportunities for public input, the company's director of utility initiatives told a crowd of state energy regulators.
Vegetation overgrowth is a leading cause of service interruption for utility companies and has been a key issue for Pacific Gas & Electric, whose equipment has been linked to several of California's recent wildfires.
New sensor and control technologies can improve manufacturing efficiency, but "present cyber vulnerabilities that must be addressed," said Daniel Simmons, DOE's head for energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Financial intermediaries are de-risking all-time low-cost renewables purchases, driving record private sector buying and pressuring utilities to match the offerings.
Growing uncertainty was the main trend that emerged in our 6th annual survey. Utilities are unsure what kind of regulation they’ll have in the future, or even whether energy markets will continue to exist. Learn how uncertainty is spurring utilities to change.
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