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A Massachusetts television station recently highlighted the Northeast Public Power Association’s Training Center in Littleton, Mass.
The New York Power Authority and the Long Island Power Authority are included among the participants in a three-year effort to develop a next-generation grid foundation model. New York-based Brookhaven National Laboratory will lead the project.
LS Power, through its affiliate Great Basin Transmission, on Sept. 3 held a groundbreaking ceremony in Ely, Nevada, officially marking the start of construction on the Southwest Intertie Project-North (SWIP-North), a new 285–mile, 500 kilovolt transmission line connecting the Midpoint Substation near Twin Falls, Idaho, with the Robinson Summit Substation near Ely, Nevada.
Sustained high temperatures have contributed to persistently high electricity demand in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the regional transmission organization for most of the state, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Sept. 3. Hourly load in ERCOT averaged a
The American Public Power Association on September 2 joined six other critical infrastructure trade associations in filing comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing, as drafted, the proposed prohibition on importing and marketing foreign-produced “military-grade” uncrewed aircraft systems and UAS critical components.
Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility, on Sept. 3 announced a major digital transformation initiative focused on using artificial intelligence to provide highly accurate and timely modeling to improve efficiencies and create cost savings for customers.
Utilizing funding from an APPA program, Florida public power utility Lakeland Electric has developed a strategy document for long-term planning for a municipal utility to begin development of an application for an Early Site Permit for a next-generation small modular reactor.
California public power utility Pasadena Water and Power released a Request for Proposals to find local banks and credit unions to partner on PWP’s new Low-Interest Solar and Energy Storage Loan Program.