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Generation
Vertiv and Caterpillar Inc. on Nov. 18 announced the signing of a strategic undertaking to collaborate on advanced energy optimization solutions for data centers.
Customer Service
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging.
Bills and Rates
In a recent interview with APPA, Casey Crabtree, Director of Economic Development at Heartland Energy, provides details on Heartland Energy's Demand Adjusted Technology Advantage, or DATA, an interruptible data center rate policy customers can use to facilitate construction and operation of data
Reliability
The Imperial Irrigation District will expand a major substation in the City of La Quinta, Calif., increasing electrical service to about 4,000 more customers there and in adjoining areas.
Electricity Markets
Carol Martucci, Director of Financial Reporting and Corporate Technology at the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, has been appointed to the Northeast Power Coordinating Council Board of Directors.
Security
Participation in the 2025 GridEx -- the largest cyber and physical grid security exercise in North America -- increased by 48 percent from the last exercise in 2023 with more than 370 organizations simultaneously exercising their emergency preparedness plans and protocols.
Reliability
The House Natural Resources Committee on Nov. 20 passed H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, by a vote of 25-18.
Reliability
The American Public Power Association on Nov. 17 submitted a letter to the House Energy & Commerce Committee opposing H.R. 278, the BROADBAND Leadership Act, introduced by Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA).