Hydrogen Power
A New Initiative, a New Fuel Cell Car
General Motors unveiled its Autonomy fuel cell car, which it says is the first vehicle designed exclusively for the fuel cell.
Electric vehicle
Improving Performance in Publicly Owned Utilities
Consistently setting, measuring, and updating quantitative performance metrics should be a central feature of any program.
Modern performance-management practices can – and should – be applied to public and private utilities alike.
Utilities' Role in Transport Electrification: Promoting Competition, Balancing Risks
First of two-part series. See part two, Capturing Benefits for All Ratepayers, in the April 2016 issue.
Utility investments to support EV adoption may be structured and scaled to benefit all customers.
Community Storage: Coming to a Home Near You
A readily available option for storage may be coordinating existing devices that have untapped storage capacity
Despite battery technology’s ability to grab clean tech media headlines, industry still lacks a clear, practical, cost-effective path.
From Grid to Cloud
A network of networks – in search of an orchestrator.
The Energy Cloud will change the way we generate, store, and consume energy by changing from a one-way power flow to a dynamic network of networks supporting two-way energy and information flows.
Playing Offense with EVs
How much of a $100 billion market in electric vehicles can utilities capture – or afford not to?
Electric transportation can be the utility sector’s growth engine — $100 billion or more per year — if the industry embraces the opportunities ahead.
Business Model Mashup
Three ‘power plays’ for utilities seeking growth.
Threats to the utility business model mean that it’s time to make choices about future growth to protect cash flows while investing in new ventures.
Microgrids: Friend or Foe for Utilities?
For many, it’s the next logical step for smart grid technology.
A small, but growing, number of utilities are embracing these technologies. Microgrids offer a networking platform that the utility can both aggregate and optimize.
Architecting the Future
Consumers now are setting the agenda.
Accenture lays out the map for navigating the utility landscape, where customer engagement is the name of the game, and digital makes the rules.
HECO Companies to Implement EV Pilot Program
Submitted by aburr on Wed, 2013-08-07 13:18The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has authorized three affiliated electric utilities (Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc., and Maui Electric Company, Ltd. [the HECO companies]) to implement a pilot program designed to provide the utilities with the tools necessary for developing the requisite infrastructure for encouraging the growth and viable development of the electric vehicle (EV) market.