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Ohio Explores Perspectives, Opportunities for Modernizing the Electric Grid

June 24, 2017 by EDF Energy Exchange

Ohio Explores Perspectives, Opportunities for Modernizing the Electric Grid

Just think about the number of interactions we have with electricity each day – from our alarm clocks to our toasters to our smart phones and the lights in our homes and offices. Electricity is undeniably important to our lives and our economy. And unprecedented energy innovation has created the opportunity to build a smarter, cleaner, and more modern electric grid. But modernizing the grid won’t happen on its own. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Coal, Efficiency, Electricity, Electricity Grid, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Fuels, News, Politics & Legislation, Renewables, Risk Management, Sustainability, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: grid reliability, modernization, ohio, state policy

Nuclear Provisions of S. 512, Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA)

May 18, 2017 by Rod Adams

Nuclear Provisions of S. 512, Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA)

The Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA), S. 512, is a draft bill reported out of the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee on March 22 that directs both the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and U.S. Department of Energy to make significant changes in the way they treat nuclear energy technology development. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Electricity, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Finance, News, Nuclear Power, Politics & Legislation, Rare Earth Minerals, Risk Management, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: Energy Legislation, modernization, nuclear regulatory commission (nrc)

A Stealth Tool to Modernize the Electric Grid

October 6, 2015 by EDF Energy Exchange Leave a Comment

A Stealth Tool to Modernize the Electric Grid

 By Jamie Fine Electricity regulators, clean energy innovators, and rappers have all lamented poor communication. And some have pushed for cleaner, cheaper, more reliable solutions for meeting our energy needs. This is particularly so with the much anticipated emergence of a new kind of non-event based, price-responsive demand response (DR), or flexible DR.Whereas traditional DR signals customers to voluntarily and temporarily reduce … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Efficiency, Electricity Grid, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Fuels, News, Renewables, Risk Management, Smart Grid, Sustainability, Utilities Tagged With: electricity infrastructure, modernization

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