The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program recently approved funding for various grants and scholarships.
The DEED program approved $909,041 in funding for 31 projects.
The action took place at DEED’s Spring 2024 meetings held in New Orleans, La., in April.
The DEED program funds research, pilot projects, and education to improve the operations and services of public power utilities.
Scholarship funding was awarded as follows (sponsoring utility listed):
Educational scholarships
- Justin Mueller (NPPD)
- Chunchuan (Charlie) Xu (NYPA)
- Withanage Perera (New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission)
Lineworker and Technical Application scholarships
- Madeline Jonas (Silicon Valley Power)
- Conner Patterson (City Light Water & Gas, Kennett, Mo.)
- Cragen Porath (Windom Municipal Utility, Minn.)
- Ethan Brooks (Bay City Electric Light & Power, Mich.)
Funding for student internships was awarded to the following public power utilities and JAAs:
- Westfield Gas & Electric (Massachusetts)
- Muscatine Power & Water (Iowa)
- WPPI Energy (JAA, Wisconsin)
- Holyoke Gas & Electric (Massachusetts)
- Hibbing Public Utilities Commission (Minnesota)
- Northern California Power Agency
- Tillamook People’s Utility District (Oregon)
- New Richmond City Utilities (Wisconsin)
- Austin Energy (Texas)
Grants
The following public power utilities and JAAs received grants:
- Troy Utilities (Alabama) (Using Uncrewed Aircraft Systems for Transmission and Distribution Live Line Maintenance)
- Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. (Scaling Inclusive Utility Investments)
- Stowe Electric Department (Vermont) (Optimized Run of River Hydroelectric Pilot Project)
- Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation (Middletown floating solar project)
- City of Palo Alto Utilities (California) (Lowering Participation Barriers and Administrative Costs of Home Rebate Programs)
- Northern California Power Agency (Charting a Pathway to 100% Hydrogen Production Capability)
- Burlington Electric Department (Vermont) (Video as an Educational and Outreach Tool)
- Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities (Mich.) (Citizen Notifications & Alert App)
- City of Palo Alto Utilities (End-use load electrification distribution system impact platform)
- Energy Northwest (Washington) (Tailored Cybersecurity Training for Utilities)
- Tennessee Valley Authority (Exploring current practices of weather Outage Prediction Models)
