13 Aug 2024

Will Gas Utilities Remain Viable Given Aging Infrastructure and Dropping Loads?

The future for gas utilities may involve significant turmoil. Utilities and their regulators must work together to find innovative ways to soften the upcoming difficulties.

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10 Jul 2024

FERC Order 1920 Will Dramatically Impact Electric Transmission Planning

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently took a long-awaited step to address issues with transmission planning with the introduction of FERC Order 1920.

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12 Jun 2024

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Will Supply the World with Natural Gas Well into the Future

Although the world continues to transition to a future of low fossil fuels and low carbon energy, it appears that LNG will be a part of the energy mix for many years. Continued efforts to decarbonize LNG as much as possible will be important for LNG to be a beneficial part of the energy transition.

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13 May 2024

China’s Energy Transition is Critical to the World’s Future

Despite a current trend toward protectionism in the U.S. and Europe, consulting firm DNV believes China will continue to be the world leader in manufacturing of green technology and EVs. This analysis by DNV makes it clear that if we want to understand where the world energy transition is going, we must keep our eyes on China.

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15 Apr 2024

Understanding Single-phase and Three-phase Electrical Service Configurations

When working in the electric utility industry, it's important to understand different service voltages and how they are achieved. This article helps explain the various voltage options available to customers.

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13 Mar 2024

While Much Focus Is on Electricity, Natural Gas Utilities Are Also in Transition

Traditional natural gas utility planning is built on the assumption of continued load growth, but today's gas utilities must develop new ways of fitting into society’s ongoing need for energy resources.

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19 Feb 2024

Is Carbon Capture Part of the Low-carbon Solution?

While recognized as an important component of the transition to a low- or zero-carbon economy, Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage or CCUS is still in the early stages of development.

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08 Jan 2024

The Nostalgia Niche May Help Make EVs Fun to Drive

In the late 2010s, several automobile manufacturers revived popular models and melded their classic styles with the newest technologies. Some of these retro vehicles showed up only as concept cars, and not all of them developed into production vehicles. But the trend is heating up, and we may see more EV versions of our classic favorites in 2024.

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20 Dec 2023

Can Eliminating Methane Emissions Make Natural Gas Clean?

Once accepted as the “clean” fossil fuel that would provide the bridge between an energy system based on fossil fuels and one based on renewable energy, natural gas is less favorable among many environmentalists due to its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.

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15 Nov 2023

Has Natural Gas in North America Become a Global Business?

Can a rosy picture with ongoing growth in global demand for U.S. gas coupled with limited price impacts on U.S. consumers continue?

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17 Oct 2023

Are Electric Vehicles Cost-Effective to Drive?

A recent study by the consulting group Anderson Economic Group purported to show that it is more expensive to charge an electric vehicle (EV) than it is to fill an equivalent vehicle with gasoline. But many other research groups have concluded that the Anderson study is flawed, and that it is indeed cheaper to fuel an EV.

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06 Sep 2023

The U.S. Army Uses Microgrids to Provide Resiliency, Address Climate Change, and Control Costs

The U.S. Army plans to install microgrids at each of its 130+ installations by 2035. Microgrids will enable each base to run all functions without grid power for multiple days.

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16 Aug 2023

Why Natural Gas Meters Must Be Properly Matched to Customers

Selecting the correct gas meter for any given application requires a balance of accuracy and economics. Here are the five common types of meters used in natural gas delivery systems and where they are typically installed.

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26 Jul 2023

From Energy Suppliers to Energy Managers: The Future of the Energy Company

Multiple forces including decarbonization, climate change, decentralization, digitization, and customer expectations are requiring energy companies to figure out new business models to avoid becoming irrelevant.

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26 Jun 2023

Natural Gas Regulators Are a Critical Safety Device: Here’s How They Work

Over the last 10 years, gas distribution and transmission systems have caused incidents resulting in an average of 11 fatalities and 48 injuries per year. Gas operators strive to continually drive these numbers to zero. A key device in preventing accidents is the gas regulator, which is found throughout the system from the wellhead to the customer meter.

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14 Jun 2023

Will EVs Overwhelm Our Distribution Grid?

Electric Vehicles or EVs in the U.S. will more than triple in the next two years and will increase more than tenfold to 39.6 million vehicles by 2030. Given that each EV has an electric charging load of about 7 kW (compared to a typical house with a peak demand of 4 kW), the projections raise the question – can our grid manage this rapid load growth?

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