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Texas Governor Criticizes CenterPoint Energy After Beryl Power Outages

Insurance Journal

The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed by Wednesday, the city’s main utility company said as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back. The Texas Public Utility

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Family of Carolina Woman Killed by Falling Utility Pole to Get $30M Settlement

Insurance Journal

AP) — The family of a South Carolina woman struck in the head and killed by a rotting 70-year-old utility pole will get $30 million through a wrongful death settlement reached Thursday. Electric company Dominion Energy, which installed … COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)

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Energy Demand Response Programs and Patent Exposure

IP Watchdog

The core business model of energy producers and providers does not traditionally create significant patent litigation risk. Despite the complexity of the modern energy grid, the basic business and technology of energy generation has not changed significantly in the past 100 years.

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Utilities’ Extreme Plan to Stop Wildfires: Shut Off the Power

Insurance Journal

A growing number of utilities are resorting to an extreme measure to prevent their equipment from sparking catastrophic wildfires: turning off the power. Electric companies serving about 24 million homes and businesses across the fire-prone US West now have plans …

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Texas Public Utility Commission Releases Report on CenterPoint Energy’s Beryl Response

Insurance Journal

When Hurricane Beryl swept through southeast Texas on July 8, its damaging 80-mile-per-hour winds took down thousands of trees and knocked out much of the electricity system. More than 2.6 million Texas power customers went without electricity for days in …

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Data Centers Will Have to Make Minimum Power Payments in Ohio

Insurance Journal

Big data centers in Ohio will have to pay a minimum of 85% of the energy they need to cover the costs of grid improvements under a settlement submitted Wednesday by one of the state’s largest utilities. The pact was …

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Utility Regulators Cite Natural Gas Company in Fatal 2021 Blast in Pennsylvania

Insurance Journal

State utility regulators have filed a complaint against a natural gas provider alleging safety violations in connection with an explosion in a central Pennsylvania borough that killed one person and injured several others three years ago. The 22-count complaint filed …

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