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Avangrid recently announced it has successfully completed a strategic pilot project with Tyba, an energy analytics and optimization platform, to enhance its battery energy storage system modeling and identify potential locations for siting storage infrastructure across U.S. power markets.
The Salem Substation Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in April for its crucial role during the Bonneville Power Administration's Master Grid development period that began in the late 1930s.
The Tennessee Valley Authority priced $1.25 billion of new five-year maturity global power bonds on Aug. 5, with an interest rate of 3.875%.
The Southwest Power Pool's Board of Directors approved the Consolidated Planning Process, which SPP said is a "new approach that replaces legacy study methods, leveraging industry best practices, advanced technology and decades of expertise to provide a modern blueprint for keeping the regional grid reliable and affordable."
The proposed route for a major transmission line project was recently approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Nashville Electric Service lineman Nathan Edwards was recently honored for using his professional climbing skills to rescue a stranded tree trimmer who was stuck more than 40 feet in the air, NES said on July 17.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on July 30 announced it is rescinding all designated Wind Energy Areas on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
Amid an extended stretch of extreme heat, Orlando Utilities Commission customers are breaking electricity demand records across Central Florida, underscoring the critical importance of reliable service during peak summer conditions, the Florida public power utility reported.