Public Power Current

The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District board of directors approved the purchase of a new transformer for the Jeffrey hydro plant during its July board meeting.

Dominion Energy Virginia on July 10 announced it has issued a request for proposals from leading small modular reactor nuclear technology companies to evaluate the feasibility of developing an SMR at the company's North Anna Power Station in Louisa County, Va.

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.

The California Energy Commission on July 10 adopted a comprehensive strategic plan that will guide the development of offshore wind energy. The plan outlines analysis and strategies to deploy floating turbines off the state’s central and northern coasts with a planning goal of 25,000 megawatts of

Platte River Power Authority and Qcells USA Corp. broke ground on northern Colorado’s largest solar generation project on July 10.

The New York Power Authority and Tennessee public power utilities CDE Lightband and EPB have earned the American Public Power Association’s 2024 Energy Innovator Award.

The Board of Directors for Florida public power utility Kissimmee Utility Authority approved a $293 million operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2025.

In a first-of-its-kind study, analysts from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and consulting firm Sharply Focused examined whether increasing levels of wind and solar make it more challenging to reliably operate the power system during extreme weather events and if these renewable technologies change what types of weather events are considered “extreme” based on their impact to grid operations.