Electricity News 2013

January 2013 News Story Index

• • Hydro-Quebec gets candid about outage management
• • IESO to integrate energy storage into power grid
• • BC Hydro: New transmission line energized
• • Duke Energy completes solar farm in North Carolina
• • FERC approves revised definition of bulk electric system
• • Fortis BC awards incentive for reducing energy consumption
• • Hydro One to launch an online asset analytics tool
• • NS Power receives regulatory approval on 2013, 2014 rates
• • NYISO Issues 2013 to 2017 Strategic Plan
• • Cenovus and SaskPower's reach captured CO2 deal
• • Ontario aims to strengthen feed-in tariff program
• • Telvent is now Schneider Electric

February 2013 News Story Index

• • FERC proposes reforms for small generator interconnections
• • LIPA to explore options to pay off dept
• • SCADA devices to pass $1.5 Billion by 2020
• • Alberta Energy rejects call to force consumers to switch to fixed-rate contracts
• • New partnership to drive electric vehicle research
• • Fortis and Central Hudson file settlement agreement
• • Georgia Power outlines plan to meet electricity needs
• • FERC approves settlement on NERC audit
• • Ontario getting out of coal-fired generation
• • Quebecers most likely to buy EVs than other Canadians
• • Consumers remain unfamiliar with Smart Grid
• • Super Bowl outage traced to relay device

March 2013 News Story Index

• • Alberta cancels carbon capture funding agreement
• • Alberta seeks input on new energy regulator
• • Circuit Breaker Sales acquires Federal Pacific Equipment
• • Investigation into cyber-security incident continues
• • Ontario's IESO releases 18-month outlook
• • Devices to possibly help reduce outage response time
• • PJM plans billions in transmission improvements
• • PLC revenue to surpasses $418 million annually by 2020
• • PSC orders utilities to improve reliability infrastructure
• • Hydro-Québec starts cooperation on transmission research
• • Utilities responsiveness more effective than federal government during Sandy
• • Smart Grid market to total $494 billion from 2012 to 2020

April 2013 News Story Index

• • Research estimates OPV market worth $630 million by 2022
• • California ISO aims for 33 percent of green power by 2020
• • 13 First Nations and Goldcorp form new power company
• • Met-Ed spends millions to expand infrastructure
• • Minnesota Power completes new transmission line
• • Norfolk Power sold to Hydro One
• • Smart Grid consumer engagement leads to satisfaction
• • Panel approves Smart Grid IEEE 1901 standard
• • Industrial control systems face funding challenges
• • SCC to initiate Smart Grid Roadmap implementation
• • Smart Grid Summit arrives in summer
• • Wind power and public health

May 2013 News Story Index

• • AEP receives FERC approval to transfer generating assets
• • AESO announces initiative to improve Alberta's transmission system
• • EIPC completes transmission analyses
• • Abengoa plans transmission line upgrade in California
• • New energy projects announced in Canada's North
• • Duke Energy upgrades substation security
• • New Electricity Act introduced in New Brunswick
• • Florida Power & Light announces 3-year plan to strengthen grid
• • Manitoba Hydro rebuilding Winnipeg's underground infrastructure
• • Ontario government strengthens energy planning
• • SaskPower retires 50-year-old boundary dam
• • West Penn Power spend $110 Million to enhance electric system

June 2013 News Story Index

• • CAISO helps advance green energy in California
• • MISO expands reliability coordination services
• • MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company to acquire NV Energy
• • PJM integrates Kentucky electric coop into operations
• • Con Edison announces plan to storm-proof distribution systems
• • New Ontario government strengthens energy planning
• • Hudson transmission project goes online ahead of schedule
• • Abengoa to develop transmission line project in Kenya
• • Demand response to have impact on Ontario power grid
• • SaskPower and UK announce new carbon capture and storage program
• • Texas PUC approves construction of new transmission line
• • Construction begins on Toronto's new transformer station

July 2013 News Story Index

• • FERC approves implementation for ISO-PacifiCorp energy imbalance market
• • LIPA selects vendor for Smart Grid project on Fire Island
• • PJM seeks sources to restart electric system
• • Distribution automation revenue to surpass $11 billion by 2020
• • CODA Energy takes the next step in grid storage
• • Toshiba acquires cyberGRID for demand response deployment
• • ENMAX restores power to customers in Calgary
• • FirstEnergy to deactivate two coal-fired power plants
• • Hydro One transmission service in Toronto stabilized
• • New study concludes nuclear is best investment for Ontario

August 2013 News Story Index

• • ISO declares FERC-ordered settlement with JPMorgan vindication for California ratepayers
• • Alberta government tells utilities to prove fair costs
• • AEP receives approval to transfer Amos Plant ownership to Appalachian Power
• • BC Hydro upgrades system to help prepare for natural disasters
• • Bechtel completes major power transmission project
• • Bruce Power launches vision for 2040
• • Charging stations on main roads in Bas-Saint-Laurent
• • Duke Energy invests $400 million in pollution control
• • Edison International acquires Distributed Solar Company
• • ETT energizes new transmission line in West Texas
• • Ontario seeks applications for Smart Grid projects
• • Xcel Energy improves eastern Texas Panhandle transmission

September 2013 News Story Index

• • AESO reports delays in Southern Alberta transmission project
• • Capital Power to sell 3 American plants, focus on Alberta
• • ENMAX flips the switch on solar installation
• • IESO improvements help transition to more sustainable supply mix
• • NRCan highlights benefits of energy market diversification in Ontario
• • Ontario gains momentum on electricity grid investments
• • Pennsylvania utility places new transmission line in service
• • Kansas transmission line project takes next step
• • Mississauga utility reaches electrical safety milestone
• • Hydro One invests millions to build new transformer station
• • Illinois Commerce Commission approves new transmission project
• • Smart meters to reach 100-million milestone in 2014

October 2013 News Story Index

• • Montana-Alberta tie line now fully operational
• • American Transmission Co. releases annual 10-year plan
• • Ontario seeks developers to create energy apps
• • Duke Energy to begin steam station demolition
• • Manitoba Hydro to reduce costs by closing offices
• • New electricity business rules published in New Brunswick
• • NB Power now a single, integrated utility
• • NS Power reducing capital spending plans for 2013
• • PJM Board Approves $1.2B in transmission improvements
• • SaskPower begins $514 million expansion to power plant
• • Siemens teams up with university for Smart Grid research
• • Toledo Edison on schedule to complete substation

November 2013 News Story Index

• • LIPA Issues requests for proposals for new projects
• • PECO investing over $30 million in new Philadelphia substation
• • BC invests in First Nations to create a green-energy future
• • Sixth and final turbine arrives at Mica Generating Station
• • Duke Energy to demolish Riverbend Steam Station
• • GridWise Alliance discusses lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy
• • NIST seeks input on Smart Grid Cybersecurity Guidelines
• • NS Power provides update on reducing costs
• • Ontario launches initiative to balance power grid
• • Con Edison: One year after Hurricane Sandy
• • SaskPower rate increase to renew aging infrastructure
• • SaskPower begins smart meter installations in Saskatchewan

December 2013 News Story Index

• • NERC CIP compliance not sufficient to ensure bulk electric system security
• • Ontario: First place in North America to end coal-fired power
• • Ontario releases long-term energy plan
• • Large Smart Grid investment to reduce power theft cost
• • Hydro-Québec to ask government to reduce meter opting out costs
• • CEA urges U.S. Congress to support electricity infrastructure and trade
• • Canada's power sector reports record lows in occupational injuries
• • BC announces future infrastructure investments in 10 year plan
• • Canada approves Labrador–Island Transmission Link
• • Duke Energy implodes retired Weatherspoon power plant
• • Electricity Reform Act to transform electricity marketplace
• • Manitoba to increase job training while building infrastructure