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CPS Energy recently presented the utility’s efforts to its Board of Trustees as part of summer preparedness. The San Antonio utility has now completed preparedness activities as part of the formal response to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
The Bonneville Power Administration and the Spokane Tribe of Indians signed a memorandum of agreement that provides the Tribe with 10 years of fish and wildlife habitat funding for blocked areas of the upper Columbia River Basin.
The Texas A&M University System took its first steps toward creating a peaker power network on land it owns across the state to help stabilize the Texas power grid during peak demand, it said on May 29.
Florida public power utility OUC unveiled details about a plan designed to modernize OUC’s electric pricing structures.
ESS Tech, Inc. and Burbank Water and Power on May 31 celebrated the commissioning of BWP’s first long duration energy storage system.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project is requesting information from solar and/or storage installers, financing entities and any other interested parties regarding the installation of distributed solar and/or energy storage systems interconnected directly to SRP’s distribution system.
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has received a $1.9 million federal grant to help to replace portions of aging natural gas infrastructure.
A new report from the Electric Power Research Institute examines power demand from the deployment of artificial intelligence and data centers.