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Environment
U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions decreased by 3%, about 134 million metric tons in 2023, the Energy Information Administration reported.
Electricity Markets
PacifiCorp became the first entity in the Western United States to formally commit to a regional coordinated energy market by recently signing an implementation agreement with the California ISO for its Extended Day-Ahead Market.
Security
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has started publishing a newsletter designed to keep critical infrastructure stakeholders and key partners informed of planning efforts underway to update the National Cyber Incident Response Plan 2024.
Electricity Markets
The White House Council on Environmental Quality on April 30 finalized a rule to reform, simplify, and modernize the federal environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Security
President Biden on April 30 signed a National Security Memorandum to secure and enhance the resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure. The NSM will replace a decade-old presidential policy document on critical infrastructure protection and launch a comprehensive effort to protect U.S. infrastructure against all threats and hazards, current and future.
Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has affirmed both the Issuer Default Rating and the rating on Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority’s outstanding $459.9 million of outstanding power supply system revenue bonds at “A.” The Rating Outlook is Stable.
Generation
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released an open-source pumped storage hydropower cost model tool that estimates how much new PSH projects might cost based on specific site specifications like geography, terrain, construction materials, and more.
Bills and Rates
City of Edmond, Okla., utility customers will have at their disposal a versatile tool that will help them better track and manage their utility usage as well as allow the city’s utilities to provide enhanced services and programs, the city said on April 22.
Generation
A siting certificate for a 2,060-megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine power generating facility was approved on April 29 by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
Reliability
As operational challenges multiply, some utilities have found drones to be an effective tool to optimize limited resources and maintain safe and reliable service. Many utilities have either hired drone service providers that use professional pilots or started dedicated aviation units with their utility. In contrast, Skydio uses artificial intelligence to interpret the visual data coming from the fisheye cameras that serve as a drone’s “eyes.”