Western Power has announced the partners which will be providing software and meters for its smart grid trial, with meters expected to be installed by June. Western Power smart grid project manager ...

The Economic Regulation Authority (ERA) has given regulatory approval for Western Power’s Mid West Energy Project (Stage 1 Southern Section), marking a significant milestone for the project and the ...

Western Power announced re-energization of a 220 kV transmission feeder line into the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area of Australia following its rebuild in nine days after a storm hit the area on Jan. 17. The ...

Western Australian energy company Western Power has reduced peak power energy use by 27 percent, or 3.5kW per home, by remotely switching off the compressors in trial customers' air conditioning units ...

AMES, Iowa – Two of the biggest power grids on the planet are connected by seven small threads. Those seven threads (technically, they’re back-to-back, high-voltage, direct-current connections) join ...

Colorado’s largest member-owned generation and transmission provider may be in trouble. Tri-State Generation and Transmission, which provides wholesale electricity to rural cooperatives in Colorado, ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Several electric providers that serve millions of customers in the Western United States announced plans today to evaluate regional market solutions together. Members of the ...

About 115,000 Western Power customers experienced outages over the weekend across the Perth metro area and Midwest region following severe thunderstorms. Mobile phone towers in Chapman Valley stopped ...

Tens of thousands of residents across WA’s central and south west coast woke up without power on Saturday morning after rainfall throughout Friday night. Provider Western Power said pole top fires can ...

The developer of an Australian-first mini pumped hydro system says the $8 million project is in limbo after the West Australian government stalled on connecting it to the grid. Walpole's pumped hydro ...