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Customer Service
Power outages, wildfires, rooftop solar systems, and demand response programs create a need for utilities to communicate with customers quickly and clearly. Utilizing omnichannel communication systems can help ensure customers stay in the know and also help utilities respond to the many outage-related calls and emails from customers.
Energy Efficiency
A recently released study evaluates artificial intelligence’s potential in the building sector, focusing on medium office buildings in the U.S.
Generation
The Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems and the U.S. Department of Energy on July 17 announced the signing of a $12.6 billion agreement, including up to $1.2 billion from the DOE and $11.4 billion in public and private matching funds, to build and expand clean energy infrastructure across California.
Energy Storage
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and Aypa Power on July 18 announced that they have entered into an agreement to provide 250 megawatts/1,000 megawatt-hours of new energy storage to the Arizona grid.
Distributed Energy Resources
Platts, which is part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has launched the world's first independent daily, spot market solar photovoltaic panel price assessments for the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Energy Efficiency
California residents are increasingly pairing battery storage with solar installations, the Energy Information Administration reported on July 18.
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection on July 17 opened the bidding window for its auction to procure capacity for the June 2025 to May 2026 Delivery Year.
Electricity Markets
Regional grid operators in the U.S. on July 19 reported that they were monitoring a global technology outage that impacted a wide range of industries in the U.S. and elsewhere.