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The New York Power Authority will implement the Propel NY Energy Sustainable Communities Initiative with funding provided by the Department of Energy. The initiative will make funding available to disadvantaged communities impacted by the Propel NY transmission project.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project, EDP Renewables North America LLC and Meta on July 29 unveiled the 200-megawatt Brittlebush Solar Park located near the town of Coolidge, Ariz.
Utah public power utility Heber Power & Light and Massachusetts public power utility Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant will participate in projects tied to the Department of Energy’s American-Made Digitizing Utilities Prize.
Two rural Dawson Public Power District substations will be getting upgrades after the 2024 irrigation season, the Nebraska public power utility reported on July 22.
Ormat Technologies on July 23 announced the signing of a 15-year resource adequacy purchase and sale agreement with the City of Riverside, Calif., for the 80-megawatt /320-megawatt hour Shirk Battery Energy Storage System located in Visalia, California.
Members of the Northeast Public Power Association in Maine have received grant awards to deploy electrical grid resilience projects in Maine communities.
The City of Burbank, California’s Community Development Department has expanded the online permit feature for residents to easily apply for and obtain instant solar and battery storage system permits for single-family residential installations through a City partnership with Symbium Corp.
Cleveland-Cliffs recently announced that it will establish a new electrical distribution transformer production plant in Weirton, West Virginia.