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Environment
Why increased clarity and certainty around permitting regulations would allow public power providers to build for the future more quickly.
Energy Efficiency
How public power utilities are determining which customer programs lead to the biggest savings, and what attracts customers to be a part of energy efficiency efforts.
Grid Modernization
A Bryan Municipal Utilities advanced metering infrastructure project “has been a testament to our employees’ dedication and desire to see this project through,” said Derek Schultz, Director of Utilities for the Ohio public power utility in a recent Q&A with Public Power Current. He also detailed how the utility has maintained high levels of reliability.
Energy Efficiency
Scott Corwin, APPA’s president and CEO, on the various forms of efficiency that support public power’s successful operations.
Grid Modernization
As applications for artificial intelligence proliferate, how utilities can better understand the technologies available, how to use it safely, and when to keep tasks human-only.
Electricity Markets
The Long Island Power Authority has issued a request for proposals seeking services for its electrical transmission and distribution system, including, among other functions, day-to-day operations and maintenance, emergency preparedness and response, customer service, billing and collection, and meter reading.
Grid Modernization
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the official opening of a first-of-its-kind, world-class electric grid and power systems laboratory based at NY CREATES’ Albany NanoTech Complex, the nation’s most advanced non-profit semiconductor research and development facility. Created by the New York Power Authority, the lab provides real-time electric grid simulation to evaluate future scenarios and to test the impacts of new and improved technologies on the bulk electric system without placing the state’s electric grid at risk.
Generation
The North American Energy Standards Board will initiate an industry-wide effort to develop a standardized sale and purchase agreement for hydrogen through its open development process.
Electric Vehicles
The Federal Highway Administration on May 30 published a notice of funding opportunity for the second round of the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program.
Bills and Rates
Florida public power utility OUC unveiled details about a plan designed to modernize OUC’s electric pricing structures.