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Utilities can create and send personalized emergency messages through Message Broadcast’s communications platform, Enterprise Omnichannel Notification System. The platform can increase the speed of communication by over 80% and help utilities keep customers informed and safe during emergencies.
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska in June coordinated a voltage conversion project in the Village of Pender, Neb., with four neighboring utilities working together to assist the village on the project.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 27 issued an order accepting the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s proposed modifications to reliability standard EOP-012-2 that addresses extreme cold weather preparedness and operations.
The American Public Power Association and officials from public power utilities recently wrapped up a day and a half mutual aid workshop and exercise in Oklahoma.
Six members of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems have been approved for five projects in the first round of funding offered through a new Infrastructure Grant Program, UAMPS reported.
in a recent interview with APPA, Joseph Bunch, General Manager and CEO for New Smyrna Beach Utilities, detailed the steps the utility has taken in recent years to improve reliability. He also detailed how the utility benefits from its membership in the Florida Municipal Power Agency.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project has issued a request for proposals for both inverter and non-inverter based long duration energy storage technologies for demonstration projects with a capacity of 5 megawatts (MW) to 50 MW and a duration of 10 hours.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 27 said that it is seeking comment on a potential framework that would make more efficient and cost-effective use of the power grid by requiring the application of dynamic line ratings.