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Distributed Energy Resources
At a recent meeting of Muscatine, Iowa’s Board of Water, Electric and Communications Trustees, the board took additional steps toward expanding the city utility’s renewable energy portfolio by authorizing Muscatine Power and Water General Manager Gage Huston to enter into a land lease agreement with Blackhawk Capital Investments LLC.
The Grand Haven Board of Light and Power on Sept. 6 said that Robert Shelley will be the public power utility’s new general manager.
Transmission
The Western Transmission Expansion Coalition recently reached a significant milestone when the WestTEC Steering Committee unanimously approved the project’s study plan.
Electricity Markets
Bandera Electric Cooperative, in collaboration with the Lower Colorado River Authority, recently announced that its aggregated distributed energy resource program, known as a virtual power plant, successfully qualified for participation in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas wholesale power market.
Staff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Aug. 26 offered recommendations to help users, owners and operators of the bulk electric system improve compliance with mandatory Critical Infrastructure Protection reliability standards and overall cybersecurity postures.
Reliability
Staff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Aug. 26 offered recommendations to help users, owners and operators of the bulk electric system improve compliance with mandatory Critical Infrastructure Protection reliability standards and overall cybersecurity postures.
Generation
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Sept. 4 announced that Orano USA has selected Oak Ridge, Tenn., as the preferred site to construct a new, multi-billion-dollar, state-of-the-art centrifuge uranium enrichment facility.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Biden-Harris administration on Sept. 5 announced the approval of a Maryland offshore wind project.