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The Tennessee Valley Authority has issued a request for proposals for energy and capacity to help meet the region’s growing demand for electricity while maximizing grid reliability. The RFP is for any type of generation that meets the definition of Firm Generation Resource or Firm System Commitment as defined in the RFP.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on May 13 approved a final rule that adopts specific requirements addressing how transmission providers must conduct long-term planning for regional transmission facilities and determine how to pay for them, so needed transmission is built.
For Georgetown, Texas, a public power community, utilizing TextPower's messaging technology has resulted in a wide variety of benefits for its utility in terms of keeping customers up to date with key information. TextPower has also enabled the utility to quickly send group text messages to work crews.
In a May 9 letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the American Public Power Association detailed its support of four provisions that have been submitted by committee members for consideration for inclusion in the Water Resources Development Act currently under development.
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. When Hurricane Florence hit in September 2018, wreaking damage in the Carolinas, Duke Energy sent customers over 7 million messages enabled by Message Broadcast.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on May 8 issued a request for proposals for up to 500 megawatts of demand response capacity for this summer.
Fifty-four percent of Americans who do not currently own an electric vehicle are interested in purchasing one in the future. However, 64 percent cite the purchase price as a significant barrier to ownership, according to a survey.