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Advanced efforts are underway at Grant County PUD to develop a long-term plan for transmission system upgrades and expansion that will include a public-facing website that shows where transmission service is available, how much it will cost and how to request it, the Washington State PUD said on Jan. 21.
Kerrville Public Utility Board, a Texas public power utility, has once again earned the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the 2024 fiscal year, it said on Jan. 7.
Fitch Ratings has affirmed its AA- rating on bonds associated with the Berkshire Wind Power Project.
Wood Mackenzie on Jan. 26 reported that natural gas freeze-offs reached a single-day high of 17 billion cubic feet (BCF) on January 25, approaching the record 18 BCF seen during Winter Storm Uri as an intense Arctic weather system sweeps across the United States.
Crews from public power utilities were hard at work over the weekend restoring power to customers in the wake of Winter Storm Fern.
In a Jan. 22 letter, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright asked the nation’s grid operators to maintain communication with DOE during Winter Storm Fern and be prepared to make backup generation resources at data centers and other major facilities available as needed.
The PJM Interconnection, the Midcontinent ISO, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the New York ISO and the Southwest Power Pool are taking steps to prepare for the arrival of Winter Storm Fern.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation “is encouraged that industry has taken actions to prepare for what appears to be a very challenging winter storm system,” NERC said on Jan. 22 in reference to Winter Storm Fern.