Public Power Current

The City Commission of Lakeland, Fla., a public power community, on Nov. 4 approved a solar power purchase agreement with Edge Solar LLC.

The Oklahoma Municipal Power Agency Board of Directors approved at its October meeting a new rate schedule for the sale of renewable energy credits.

Results of a supplemental study examining potential costs and benefits of joining a day-ahead energy market have not shifted the Bonneville Power Administration's staff recommendation to join the Southwest Power Pool's Markets+.

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, in collaboration with its parent company Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in Japan, announced an $86 million investment in advanced switchgear production and power electronics in the U.S. "This investment is driven by the increasing demand for transmission and distribution grid products as the U.S. moves toward renewable energy and decarbonization goals," it said.

A new study addresses the value propositions of adding battery storage to hydropower plants.

In a recent interview with the American Public Power Association, Janet Lonneker, Assistant General Manager for Electric Services at California public power utility Anaheim Public Utilities, details the utility’s efforts to place transmission lines underground.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on Oct. 31 announced $10 million available to states, tribes, and non-profit organizations to accelerate transmission deployment through the Transmission Acceleration Grants program.

The Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors recently approved a $7.7 billion plan to expand and upgrade the region’s transmission capacity. SPP’s 2024 Integrated Transmission Plan is the single largest portfolio, in terms of size and value, that SPP has proposed for construction in its 20-year