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B2U Storage Solutions on Sept. 9 announced that its Bexar Martinez battery energy storage system project has entered commercial operation, which will be delivering 28 MWh of grid services to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
The pace of the Pacific Northwest’s acquisition of energy efficiency is accelerating compared with recent years, according to new data presented to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
Constellation on Sept. 10 announced an agreement to acquire 100% of RISEC Holdings, LLC, owner of the Rhode Island State Energy Center, from Shell Energy North America, (US), L.P. (SENA) a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell) for $715 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
Katie Jereza, Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity, on Sept. 9 joined Burbank Water and Power CEO and General Manager Mandip Samra, and California Energy Commission Supervisor Alex Kovalick, for a live grid modernization demonstration.
In 2020, after South Carolina’s Rock Hill Utilities implemented texting, the public power utility saw speedy results. The utility's operations include water, electric and sanitation.
GridLiance West, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Transmission, recently joined federal, state and local leaders to celebrate the start of construction on the GridLiance West Core Upgrades Project, approximately 155 miles of new 230-kilovolt and 500-kilovolt transmission lines and new and upgraded substations in Nevada.
In a recent interview with APPA, Jim Robb, President and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, details the actions that NERC is taking as it relates to large loads.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Sept. 11 vacated the Department of Energy's (DOE) order requiring Consumers Energy's J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to remain in operation beyond its planned retirement date.