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Noting that it is playing a major role in enhancing transmission planning capabilities to meet the region’s growing loads and renewable resource portfolio requirements, the Bonneville Power Administration recently said that it and other transmission operators will do this through the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition, a new transmission planning effort spearheaded by the Western Power Pool.
The Bureau of Land Management recently approved the Alta Wind Battery Energy Storage System right-of-way in Kern County, Calif.
The growth of solar power in New England is increasingly driving down demand for grid electricity during daylight hours.
The U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on March 5 released final regulations relating to the implementation of elective payment of energy tax credits.
Crews with California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District over the past several days have been hard at work restoring power to customers after a severe storm with snow and high winds hit the utility’s service territory.
The Virginia Municipal Electric Association has issued a request for proposals that seeks competitive proposals from qualified battery energy storage systems developers to design, build, and operate utility-scale BESS facilities with a commercial operation date in 2026.
The Village of Paxton, Neb., has entered into a Professional Retail Operating Agreement with Nebraska Public Power District that went into effect March 1.
The Board of Supervisors for Placer County, Calif., recently approved a 1,170-acre solar panel facility that will provide power to Sacramento Municipal Utility District customers in west Placer County.