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The agreement means ComEd will be able to power its facilities with 100 percent clean energy produced at the same time and place it is consumed, a ‘first’ for an investor-owned U.S. utility.

ComEd launches program to train next-gen electric utility technical talent

As many as 150,000 new clean energy jobs are expected to be created in Illinois by 2050 to support the clean energy transition.

Utilities keeping customers connected while coronavirus fears intensify

Much of the U.S. utility power generation sector has responded to the coronavirus scare in the best way it knows — making sure customers keep their electricity in a crisis. Dozens of utilities have announced policies to suspend service disconnections or late-payment fees. Many, if not all, are encouraging non-critical function employees to work from home. The critical employees are

ComEd leader Donnelly offers insights on grid modernization, STEM education and microgrids

Think of them as the four dials on a proverbial utility clock: Top of the hour grid reliability, quarter past intermittent renewables, climate change at the bottom and cost efficiency on the left hand side. It’s enough to keep utility executives awake at night. Power sector transformation is a nice catchphrase, but it’s a time-consuming, thorny and irresistible matter for

Coastal states dominate ACEEE’s utility efficiency rankings

Massachusetts utilities clearly lead the way on saving energy, according to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. The ACEEE’s latest Utility Scorecard ranked two of the Bay State’s utilities together at the top of the list. Eversource Energy and National Grid Massachusetts were co-No. 1s for the second time in the energy efficiency ranking’s four-year history. The ACEEE

Competitive Power Ventures building 150-MW Maple Hill solar farm

Privately held energy infrastructure investment and management firm Competitive Power Ventures announced its latest renewable project will be a solar farm built in Pennsylvania. Maryland-based CPV, known for building numerous gas-fired power plants in the U.S., will oversee work on the 150-MW Maple Hill solar facility in Portage and Summerhill Townships. Construction could begin by the end of this year.

ComEd engages students in Solar Spotlight STEM event for Black History Month

Chicago-based utility Commonwealth Edison is honoring Black History Month by involving African-American high school students in projects surrounding solar energ…

Exelon appoints Butler as CEO of Utilities business

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. CEO Calvin G. Butler has been appointed to lead Exelon Corp.’s Utilities business, the utility holding company announced. But…

A-Z: From Archie to Zydeco at #POWERGEN19

New Orleans is the most European of U.S. cities, a low-lying port founded by the French, run by the Spanish for a time and long one of America’s most popular …

Future Enlit event unveiled at European Utility Week

Clarion Energy (part of Clarion Events) today unveiled Enlit — the new name for European Utility Week and POWERGEN Europe — in front of 18,000 industry lead…

Op-ed: Energy utilities must do more to hire veterans and give them the tools to succeed

After six years of active duty — including tours in South Korea and Iraq — Army Sgt. William Lones wanted to come home to better help his wife raise their t…

Exelon appoints Calvin Butler Jr. as interim CEO of Exelon Utilities

Butler is an 11-year veteran of Exelon and has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the utilities industry and in regulatory, legislative and public a…

Exelon’s Braidwood nuclear unit 1 out for planned refueling

Exelon has taken its nuclear-powered Braidwood Generating Station Unit 1 out of service for a planned refueling outage. The refueling and maintenance outages ty…

Microgrid’s best and brightest offering insights at PGI

Connectedness. Community. Security. From a human point of view, those are things most humans want. This is no different when it comes to our energy desires. Mic…

Mega-sessions giving extra texture at POWERGEN 19

Sometimes in New Orleans you might hear a little Cajun-French phrase called “lagniappe.” Pronounced “lan-yap,” it reportedly means “a little e…