grid
Electricity Markets
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency hosted energy professionals from Eurasia and Sri Lanka that were visiting the United States as part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s SABIT program.
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Energy Efficiency
Michigan should consider combining community solar with the deployment of cold weather heat pumps in manufactured home retrofits, according to a paper by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
grid
Distributed Energy Resources
The U.S. Department of Energy on March 22 announced the second cohort of communities selected as part of the Communities Local Energy Action Program, a technical assistance initiative.
solar
Distributed Energy Resources
Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD on March 22 was joined by partners from the City of Everett, Wash., the Washington State Department of Commerce and others, to officially break ground on the PUD’s newest community solar project.
grid
Electricity Markets
The Connecticut Senate Energy and Technology Committee on March 21 passed a bill that would require the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to evaluate the impact of large data centers on grid reliability.
grid
Reliability
The City of Lake Worth Beach, Fla., recently announce that its new Electric System Operations Center is officially completed and has been placed in service.
grid
Energy Efficiency
The Middleborough Gas & Electric Department recently held a heat pump forum with the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant. MGED and TMLP are Massachusetts public power utilities.
grid
Electricity Markets
A bill that calls for a public utility study tied to the possible replacement of investor-owned Rochester Gas & Electric has been re-introduced in the Monroe County, N.Y., Legislature.
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Community Engagement
ElectriCities of North Carolina, Inc., Arizona public power utility Salt River Project, South Carolina’s Santee Cooper and the Tennessee Valley Authority have been recognized as top utilities by Business Facilities, a leading economic development and site selection magazine.
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Environment
Tenaska on March 22 officially announced the Longleaf CCS Hub, a carbon capture and storage project planned for Mobile County, Ala.