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Texas public power utility Austin Energy is taking a major step forward in meeting the City’s climate and reliability goals, agreeing to a large-scale battery storage contract with Jupiter Power to provide up to 100 megawatts of electricity from a utility-scale battery storage facility, the utility said on Oct. 23.
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘A’ rating of Heartland Energy with a stable outlook.
Aligned Data Centers and Calibrant Energy on Oct. 22 announced a first-of-its-kind agreement under which Calibrant will deliver a 31 MW/62 MWh battery energy storage system at Aligned’s data center campus in the Pacific Northwest.
In a series of posts on its website, the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation details the various factors driving power in layman’s terms as part of a proactive effort to cut through the complexities of electricity markets and educate customers.
The American Public Power Association, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Large Public Power Council (LPPC), and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) recently submitted a letter supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding modernization of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Google on Oct. 23 announced a first-of-its kind corporate agreement to support a gas power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS).
ISO New England has begun its Transitional Cluster Study, an important milestone in a yearslong reform effort that will create a more efficient process for new generating facilities and elective transmission upgrades to interconnect with the regional power grid, it said.
On October 13, Alabama public power utility Huntsville Utilities presented grants to 10 non-profit organizations as part of its Innovation Dividend Fund program.