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As rooftop solar installations increase, how are utilities responding to lost revenue?
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The company, a subsidiary of utility giant Exelon, launched what it is calling a "Smart Grid Innovation Corridor" in 10 Northern Illinois communities where there are already smart meters installed in 130,000 homes. Five pilot tests will take place in the corridor, using the smart meter technology as the foundation.
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The Obama administration is awarding $100 million in Recovery Act funds for smart grid workforce training to prepare an estimated 30,000 Americans for the jobs that are expected to help transform the country's utility and electrical manufacturing industries.
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The latest industry rankings from Tomorrow's Value Rating looks at fossil fuel firms and finds that, despite solid leadership in innovation, the 10 largest companies are failing to take action on a number of environmental issues.
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The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy studied energy efficiency programs for the industrial sector in order to catalog best practices of those that got it right. Among the critical lessons learned from successful programs: identify internal champions, get to know the customer, and start with assessments, while building the internal capacity to do more.
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Using personalized profiles on software developed by IBM and Consert, a smart grid pilot project allowed businesses and residences cut energy use by anywhere from 15 to 40 percent; IBM also announced a plan to make a 60,000-resident Iowa city into a 'smarter city.'
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In partnership with IBM, Cisco and Pacific Gas & Electric, the City of San Jose has launched a project to add smart meters to 75,000 businesses and homes, while IBM itself unveiled a new software tool to make it easier for utilities expand smart grids.
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Commercial and industrial properties in sprawling Los Angeles reduced their water consumption by double-digits in July, while overall energy use fell 318 gigawatts during the 2008-2009 fiscal year -- more than half of which was driven by Los Angeles businesses using a slew of successful incentive programs.
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As part of a program to increase energy-efficiency in schools, almost thirty schools in Southern California are helping students trade conventional bulbs for compact fluorescents.
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A dozen companies have confirmed their commitment to go beyond corporate philanthropy to find sustainable models that are good for business as well as development
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Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and CEO Jim Owens joined a diverse group of businesses and environmental organizations to call on U.S. policymakers to establish a mandatory emissions reduction program to address climate change.
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PG&E Corporation has become the first California utility company, and one of only 15 Fortune 500 companies, selected to join Ceres, a leading national coalition of investment funds, environmental organizations, and other public interest groups working with companies to tackle environmental and social challenges such as climate change.
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A new report evaluating air pollution trends among the 100 largest electric power producers in the U.S. shows that emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) have fallen markedly in recent years, but carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased and will likely spike in coming years.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company has submitted a proposal to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a new and innovative environmental program that will allow interested customers to contribute toward a cleaner California.
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A trio of industries that provide more than their fair share of environmental headaches have become willing guinea pigs as they trial a new carrot and stick approach to cleaning up their act.
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The U.K. Business Council for Sustainable Energy and eight energy companies have joined Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace to demand the British government put its promises on climate change into action.
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Fifteen leading U.S. investors have sent letters to 43 of the country's 50 largest investor-owned greenhouse gas emitters in the power industry, requesting that they report within a year how future GHG limits will affect their financial bottom lines.
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Spanish utility ENDESA has inked a deal with engineering firm Inerco to implement new technological solutions aimed at reducing the environmental impact and saving energy at the company's power plants.
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The report says that Cinergy supports a GHG management program that would use market-based cap and trade principles, allow compliance flexibility with reforestation and other sequestration projects, incorporate bi-lateral or regional international carbon trading, and promote public/private partnerships in research and development.
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Cinergy Corp. has selected the first series of projects in its voluntary program of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 5% below 2000 levels between 2010 and 2012.
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FuelCell Energy is donating emissions credits equivalent to 1,700 pounds of nitrogen oxide (NOx) reductions and 4800 pounds of sulfur oxides (SOx) and other emissions reductions that resulted from 1170 megawatt hours of power generated at the company's Danbury and Torrington, Conn. locations.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has been recognized with the Climate Action Champion Award by the California Climate Action Registry for demonstrating exemplary leadership in addressing climate change in California.
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In what is thought to be a first-of-its-kind move within the energy sector, Calpine's Chairman and CEO Peter Cartwright has announced plans to address global warming by voluntarily limiting the company's investments to only low carbon power generation.
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Five electric power companies from across the U.S. have answered a challenge from World Wildlife Fund to become the first U.S. power companies to support a mandatory cap on heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions and confirm their commitment to clean energy.
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San Diego Gas and Electric and The Southern California Gas Company have elected to implement a companywide data management system for tracking and reporting on greenhouse gases.