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The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors in December adopted a resolution that calls for the setting of guideline principles to ensure that new large electric energy loads do not compromise the reliability of the local electric grid or impact the costs to existing customers.
Idaho Falls Power was honored with the "System Improvement Award" at the Utah Associated Municipal Power System 2025 Annual Member Meeting. “This award recognizes utilities that have made significant improvements in electric service and reliability for their customers and this year, we are being
The North American Energy Standards Board in December announced the adoption of NAESB Business Practice Standards to support Western Interconnection Loading Relief (WLR), a new flow-based approach for managing congestion on the bulk electric grid.
The American Public Power Association on Jan. 5 filed comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s and the Army Corps of Engineers' proposal to revise the definition of Waters of the United States.
Alabama public power utility Huntsville Utilities in December took delivery of an 83,000-pound battery for a grid load management project.
The Midcontinent ISO on Jan. 6 announced the selected developers for two transmission projects that MISO said will strengthen reliability and support the region’s long-term energy need
Construction on Nebraska Public Power District’s (NPPD) Norfolk-Stanton North transmission line is complete, NPPD said on Jan. 6.
ISO New England has requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accept its first batch of proposed reforms to the capacity market. The reforms are intended to improve power system reliability and cost-effectiveness as the region’s resource mix evolves.