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The American Public Power Association’s Legislative & Resolutions Committee on Feb. 27 approved 13 policy resolutions during the association’s 2024 Legislative Rally. These member-sponsored resolutions will guide APPA’s advocacy efforts in 2024 and beyond.
The Florida Municipal Electric Association recently held its annual Florida Lineman Competition Rodeo, which brings electric lineworkers from all over the state together to demonstrate their skill and knowledge in the craft of line work.
Average wholesale electricity prices at most major trading hubs in the Lower 48 states generally declined and traded within more narrow price ranges in 2023, the Energy Information Administration reported on Feb. 26, citing data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, in collaboration with the U. S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, on Feb. 22 released a set of cybersecurity baselines for electric distribution systems and distributed energy resources that connect to them.
Fitch Ratings has assigned an “A+” rating to bonds issued by the Lower Colorado River Authority on behalf of the Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corp.
U.S. cumulative community solar installations are forecasted to break 14 gigawatts direct current in existing state markets by 2028, according to the latest report released by Wood Mackenzie in collaboration with the Coalition for Community Solar Access.
The Reading Municipal Light Department on Feb. 23 announced the acceleration of its decarbonization efforts through the recent update to Policy 30 and accelerated retirement of non-carbon certificates.
The New York Power Authority is leading a study to validate a technique that could potentially help the utility industry digitally monitor transformers to better detect problems without taking the units out of service, it said on Feb.22.