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The Florida Municipal Electric Association is applauding legislation recently passed in the Florida Legislature that creates new criminal offenses involving critical infrastructure in the state including energy assets.
The Austin City Council approved a contract extension that will add up to $28 million in funding for tree trimming and vegetation management around Austin Energy electrical distribution lines through the end of Fiscal Year 2024, the Texas public power utility said on March 7. Funding on the current
The Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6 approved in a 3-2 vote its final climate disclosure rule.
Effective April 1, a fee structure for use of the 11 City of Edmond, Oklahoma-owned electric vehicle charging stations will go into effect.
The Grand Haven Board of Light and Power’s latest solar commitment will provide 2.15 megawatts, the Michigan public power utility recently said.
Grid operators across the U.S. are detailing their plans to respond to a total solar eclipse that will occur on April 8, as well as projecting the expected impact of the eclipse on their grids.
Public power communities are included among the fourth round of award recipients recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.
When it comes to discussions around the idea of further interconnecting the ERCOT grid to other grids outside of ERCOT, “a lot of times economics are not included in the core elements of the conversation,” said Pablo Vegas, President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, on Feb. 27.