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The Southwest Power Pool on July 9 published its report on the April 26 load-shed event in Northwest Louisiana that analyzes the event, identifies the main causes that led to the need to shed load, examines how SPP responded during and after the event, and provides recommendations and improvements
In June, the Bonneville Power Administration’s Olympia District teams moved wood pole structures away from the edge of a steep cliff to increase reliability.
Florida public power utility Kissimmee Utility Authority has appointed Richard Mark Flury as the utility’s vice president of engineering and operations, effective July 14.
California public power utility Turlock Irrigation District has chosen OATI’s webSmartEnergy Distributed Energy Resource Management System to enable commercial load control and residential smart thermostat programs with next-generation technology, OATI reported on July 1.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has unveiled its new Carbon Capture, Allocation, Transportation, and Sequestration module (CCATS), which EI said will allow it to model carbon capture in the coming decades.
CNBC recently released a list of what it says are the 10 states in the U.S. with grids that are best positioned to power the artificial intelligence data center boom.
The July 4 enactment of budget reconciliation legislation has started the clock on a number of tax credit related deadlines, including potentially new guidance on the definition of “beginning of construction” for a project and implementation of foreign entity of concern (FEOC) provisions effecting
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District to provide over $100,000 towards their “HEROES for Zero Contest,” an initiative promoting energy conservation and education among Los Angeles youth.