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Energy Storage
Ameresco will construct a battery energy storage system of up to 50 megawatts to provide California public power utility Silicon Valley Power additional local area capacity for electrical system reliability and flexibility.
Bonds and Financing
Arevon Energy has closed financing on its Vikings solar-plus-storage project in California using tax credit transferability provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Generation
A new white paper from the Electric Power Research Institute aims to provide owner-operators and other stakeholders with a practical guide for the deployment of a nuclear energy facility on or near an existing coal plant.
Community Engagement
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Nov. 16 announced a comprehensive plan to build, operate and maintain a city-owned network of electric vehicle fast-charger stations in the city’s underserved communities.
Security
The U.S. Department of Energy on Nov. 16 announced a $70 million funding opportunity to enhance the cybersecurity posture of electric cooperative, municipal, and small investor-owned utilities.
Security
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation last week wrapped up its grid security exercise, GridEx VII.
Customer Service
When they started using TextPower for outage notifications, utility managers for the City of Gastonia in North Carolina could not foresee the multiple ways in which the service would grow.
Electricity Markets
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Nov. 17 said it has canceled the procurement from a request for proposal it issued in October seeking additional capacity due to the limited response from the market, which included only a small 11.1 MW of potentially eligible capacity. In the RFP, ERCOT