A more dynamic approach to grid modernization.
Time-tested cost recovery mechanisms provide stable funding for infrastructure replacement.
Fortnightly’s Executive Roundtable considers industry options and risks.
Kalmbach Feeds and TruStar Energy celebrated the grand opening of a new compressed natural gas (CNG) public fueling station. The station, designed and constructed by TruStar Energy, is located in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, near the company's Wyandot County manufacturing plants and distribution center. The station is part of a new venture, Kalmbach Clean Fuels, LLC, and will support Kalmbach's new CNG-powered feed distribution trucks.
AEP Ohio, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, named Apex CoVantage as its installation partner for the upcoming, system-wide AMR deployment. In this role, Apex will provide upgrades to electric meters throughout the utility's service territory. Leveraging ProField, Apex's proprietary ERP system for mobile workforce optimization, AEP Ohio will gain full control and visibility over operations. AMR meters are being introduced to the AEP Ohio service territory in an effort to increase reading percentages and enhance data security.
How NIPSCO feels leaned on.
Northern Indiana Public Service, the MISO member sandwiched between PJM’s Ohio territory and its noncontiguous Chicago outpost, feels particularly aggrieved by the failure of the MISO-PJM Joint Operating Agreement, approved by FERC in 2004, to facilitate cross-border grid projects to relieve constraints along the ragged and interlaced seam that separates the two regions.
Interregional grid planning under FERC Order 1000.
Utility CEOs face disruptive trends.
Top executives at AEP, the California ISO, and El Paso Electric address key challenges and opportunities.
American Electric Power received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to separate its Ohio generating assets from its Ohio distribution and transmission operations and transfer these assets to a competitive generation company and regulated affiliates. AEP anticipates implementing corporate separation and the other items in the related filings by Dec. 31, 2013.