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The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s community choice energy program, CleanPowerSF, is expanding its renewable energy portfolio, committing to a new 15-megawatt battery energy storage and 20-megawatt solar project in Stanislaus County, Calif.
Electricity Markets
The Seattle, Wash., City Council recently voted to confirm Dawn Lindell to serve as the General Manager and CEO of Seattle City Light, a public power utility.
Electricity Markets
Public power is uniquely positioned to embrace the future of the electric utility industry, said Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association, in remarks made at APPA’s National Conference in San Diego, Calif., on June 10.
Electricity Markets
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors has adopted its 2024-2025 Strategic Plan that outlines specific goals and initiatives the district will focus on over the next two years.
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.
Environment
Tenaska on March 22 officially announced the Longleaf CCS Hub, a carbon capture and storage project planned for Mobile County, Ala.
Community Engagement
Rick Dunn, General Manager of Washington State’s Benton PUD, has started publishing an energy newsletter through Substack. The newsletter offers another way in which the public power utility can engage in community education and outreach.
Generation
CPS Energy will acquire Talen’s approximately 1,710-megawatt generation portfolio located in the South Zone of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas market for $785 million. CPS Energy will acquire all assets associated with Talen’s 897 MW Barney Davis and 635 MW Nueces Bay natural gas-fired generation facilities, as well as its 178 MW natural gas-fired generation facility in Laredo, Tex.
Electricity Markets
The Bonneville Power Administration released a document that details BPA’s position on the policies, products and services it will offer its utility customers in new long-term wholesale electric power contracts beginning in 2028. BPA has set a goal of executing the new long-term contracts by December 2025.
Electricity Markets
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has launched a survey of Texas electricity consumers to study the costs they may incur from power interruptions. Randomly selected residential, commercial, and large industrial electricity consumers in the ERCOT region will receive an email request to participate in the survey.