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PSEG Long Island Reduces Central Air Conditioning Cooling

PSEG Long Island remotely adjusted the central air conditioners of some 30,000 customers in an effort to cut peak electrical use due to hot weather, officials said. The "curtailment" program allows the utility to cut energy use in participating homes ...

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Penn Power Offers Energy Conservation Program

Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power) is offering low-income customers an opportunity to make their homes efficient and save money on their electric bills by enrolling in the WARM energy conservation program. The WARM program is available to both homeowners and ...

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Maryland Utilities Seek Wholesale Electric Providers

The Potomac Edison Co. (PE), Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE), Delmarva Power (DP), and Pepco have issued Requests for Proposals for wholesale electric power supply to meet their obligations in the Maryland service territories. Each utility will provide market-based ...

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Direct Energy Taking CNG to Commercial Customers

The commercial retail energy division of Direct Energy has partnered with compressed natural gas (CNG) station developer American Natural Gas LLC (ANG) in order to aid Direct Energy Business in bringing CNG refueling infrastructure to its fleet and commercial customers. ...

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New Energy-Use Monitors Help Customers Save on Electric

For Carly McFetridge, the ability to monitor energy consumption in her home in real time is a lesson in self-awareness. “I’m of the boomer generation so for me, we just didn’t grow up having to be aware of conservation or ...

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BGE Smart Meters are Costing Customers

The Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) Smart Meter program is good for the company and punishes the opt-out consumer. The only way consumers benefit is if they choose not to bake, do laundry or vacuum on the days BGE chooses ...

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Direct Energy Releases New Services

Direct Energy is counting on the integration of electricity and technology for growth as it hedges to cut its exposure to volatile power markets. Direct is focused on bundling traditional power services with devices that help customers use less energy, ...

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Customer Satisfaction with Electric Providers has Improved According to Recent Study

Despite an extremely severe winter and correspondingly high electricity bills, satisfaction with retail electric providers has improved dramatically from 2013, driven in part by improved communications, according to the J.D. Power 2014 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study SM. ...

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Central Hudson Plans to Increase Electric Rates

The New York utility, Central Hudson Gas and Electric, filed a rate plan with the state Public Service Commission (PSC) at the end of July which will see a service increase for customers starting in 2015 in order to modernize ...

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PPL Plans to Build New Electric Transmission Network

PPL Electric Utilities (PPL) has plans to build a new electricity transmission network that would span electricityand branch into New York, Maryland and New Jersey. At the heart of the massive undertaking — expected to cost ratepayers $4 billion to ...

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