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The Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Council approved a decrease to electric and natural gas fuel rates, lowering the average residential customer’s monthly bill by $9.72, starting April 1, Colorado Springs Utilities recently reported. Electric cost adjustment* • Residential: –$2.10 (–1.9%) •
ContourGlobal on March 25 announced the installation of the last photovoltaic panel at Black Hollow Sun, marking a major milestone for the completion of the 324 MWp solar facility near Fort Collins, Colorado.
Kyle Turpin, Manager for Energy Policy and Reliability Standards at the American Public Power Association, has been selected as a member of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s standard drafting team for new reliability standards associated with large computational loads.
Chillicothe Municipal Utilities has repaired and returned a 40 megawatt gas-fired, dual fuel twin turbine generation unit back into service.
The U.S. Senate should pass the Reliable Power Act (H.R. 3616/S. 3034) to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in conjunction with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, a formal role in determining the reliability impacts of federal regulations, the American Public Power Association said in a statement for the record for a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the state of the bulk power system.
The Lansing Board of Water & Light, a Michigan public power utility, has earned a Diversity Star Award from the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Texas public power utility Austin Energy is launching an innovative battery demand response pilot program designed to give customers new ways to support grid reliability while earning performance awards.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) published its first ever five-year Strategic Plan, CESER said on March 18.