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Reliability
Guam Power Authority recently met with Aggreko to address the increasing demand for energy on Guam. The collaboration between GPA and Aggreko aims to ensure that temporary power is available by July 10, 2024.
Electricity Markets
The New York Independent System Operator recently launched a first-in-the-nation program to integrate aggregations into the wholesale electric markets of distributed energy resources, such as small-scale solar arrays, residential batteries, and electric vehicles.
Distributed Energy Resources
The U.S. Department of Energy released a new roadmap outlining solutions to speed up the interconnection of clean energy onto the nation’s transmission grid and clear the existing backlog of solar, wind, and battery projects seeking to be built.
Generation
The Energy Information Administration expects hydropower generation to increase 6% in 2024 and account for 250 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity generation in the power sector. It expects hydropower to increase in nearly every part of the country, with notable increases in the Southeast and in the Northwest and Rockies.
Grid Modernization
The New York State Public Service Commission is launching a proceeding under which PSC staff will engage with stakeholders to develop a comprehensive New York Grid of the Future plan.
Distributed Energy Resources
Origis Energy on April 16 announced the close of a $136 million construction financing facility and conversion to term loan with MUFG for the Rice Creek Solar project under construction in Putnam County, Florida, for the Florida Municipal Power Agency and its members.
Electricity Markets
Thirty-two municipal electric systems in Illinois have been offered a new contract by their wholesale power supply agency, Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, that would assure those municipal systems retain a voice in all policy matters related to their power supply needs through May 31, 2055, IMEA said.
Generation
The board of directors for California public power utility Truckee Donner PUD recently adopted the utility’s first-ever integrated resource plan. The IRP factors in regulatory mandates, market trends, reliability, affordability and more, the utility said. “The IRP is a living document that TDPUD’s