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May 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa. - Pocono-area residents should see more PPL trucks, crews and contractors working in the area. More...
May 20 - Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. - A plan by the state's largest power company to upgrade a major portion of New Jersey's power grid would reduce storm-induced blackouts by 39 percent and save customers from hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, according to the utility. More...
NEW YORK, NY, May 20, 2013 -- Marketwired - Con Edison Chairman and CEO Kevin Burke told shareholders today that while the company plans to invest $1 billion over the next four years for storm protection measures, a key factor is working with others so customers can receive power quicker after disasters. More...
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May 17 - "Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)" - A small group protested at Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division headquarters on Thursday, assailing the "smart grid" technology that the utility plans to adopt. More...
May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Matt Steiner The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) - An enormous blackout is not hard to imagine. After all, in February of 2009 , about 50 million people from New York to Detroit were without power for about eight hours. More...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire - As the start of the 2013 hurricane season approaches, Duke Energy employees are prepared for any severe weather that might threaten Florida this year. More...
May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Scott Taylor Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine - Gov. Paul LePage seemed pleased Friday about what the $1.4 billion upgrade to Maine's electrical grid would mean to the local economy. More...
May 16 - Anchorage Daily News (AK) - A proposed new high-voltage power line along a busy stretch of the Parks Highway through Wasilla is drawing fierce opposition with some residents, business owners and the city planner arguing it would mar the view and could hurt retailers, restaurants and other businesses. More...
AUSTIN, Texas, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire - The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) unanimously approved May 9 an application by Electric Transmission Texas, LLC (ETT) for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) to build a 345-kV transmission line from the Laredo area into the Rio Grande Valley. More...
FOLSOM, Calif., May 16, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE - The California Independent System Operator Corporation Board of Governors approved a market design change on May 15 that fosters renewable development on the grid. More...
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