As the electric utility industry transitions from a regulated to a non-regulated competitive market, improving and maintaining the efficiencies of electric generating plants is critical. A unit’s ...

The most common problem with aging coal-fired units involves erosion of the steam turbine’s blade path. More efficient blading will increase the steam output and improve the unit’s overall heat rate.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a huge role in heat rate optimization. In some cases, AI-driven models have analyzed operational data to recommend control settings that reduce heat rates by ...

Some good news in the clean energy world for a change. As of Nov. 1, Massachusetts’ investor-owned electric utilities (i.e., National Grid, Eversource, Unitil) will offer a “winter heat pump rate,” ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approved reduced winter electric rates for heat pump owners as regulators seek to lower a barrier to heating and cooling systems expected to play a key ...

BPU District Heating customers will see a rate increase starting Nov. 1 while the utility continues to decide on the future of the district heating system. At the August board meeting, the board began ...