Senate Committee Takes on Regulatory Reform
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs May 17 advanced a number of bills that could have significant impacts on the future of energy regulation in the future. Four of the bills— the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA), the… Read More |
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Complimentary Webinar, May 24 at 11 am EDT:
Delivering closed loop business operations leveraging Industrial IoT
This webinar will provide the framework of how to leverage Industrial IoT to more efficiently operate your facility. Hear numerous customer case studies and examples that illustrate the value of Industrial IoT, including the following benefits that Duke Energy achieved:
- 20 percent increase in asset availability
- 25 percent improved labor utilization
- 25 percent increase in planned work
- 25 percent reduction in unplanned downtime
- 30 percent plus improvement in regulatory compliance
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- 30 percent improvement in asset utilization
- 30 percent reduction in maintenance costs
- 50 thousand dollars in savings from early warning of performance issues
- 500 thousand dollars in savings from early warning of motor coupling failure
- 4 million plus savings due to early warning of turbine blade failure
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Virginia Governor Orders Power Plant Carbon Regulations
Virginia’s governor has directed the commonwealth’s environmental quality agency to establish regulations to curb its carbon emissions from power plants via a carbon trading scheme by the end of this year. Executive Directive 11 signed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D)… Read More |
Wärtsilä Acquires Major Energy Storage Player
Finnish technology firm Wärtsilä has acquired Greensmith Energy Management Systems, a firm that specializes in energy storage optimization and integration software, for an undisclosed amount. Greensmith, which has designed and deployed more than 180 MW of energy storage at… Read More |
Is Fuel Diversity a False God?
Fuel diversity is a topic that comes up often in discussions of electricity policy, generally thought to be a worthwhile, even indispensable, attribute in an energy system. A new analysis by R Street, a Washington free-market think tank, questions the… Read More |
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