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The Village of Stuart, Neb., recently completed an electric distribution system voltage switchover project, which is expected to result in a more efficient electric system with reduced line losses, demand charges, and required maintenance.
Wisconsin’s WPPI Energy recently concluded a Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments-funded project that sought to provide its member utilities with a method for reducing heating costs in customers’ homes.
Nominations for the American Public Power Association’s Policy Makers Council are being accepted through November 28.
Florida public power utility OUC recently completed the installation of a 4-megawatt/8-megawatt-hour battery energy storage system in St. Cloud, Fla.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Oct. 10 announced the Decarbonization Leadership program, a decarbonization and electrification initiative administered by the New York Power Authority.
The Northwest Public Power Association Board of Trustees on Oct. 16 selected Kurt Miller to be the association’s next executive director, effective Dec. 1, 2023.
U.S. power grids remained stable on Oct. 14 during a solar eclipse that occurred that day.
The PJM Interconnection on Oct. 13 submitted proposed changes to its capacity market that it said are “designed to support reliability of the electric grid now and in the future amid increasingly extreme weather and a changing generation fleet.”