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The City of Morro Bay, Calif., recently issued a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed battery energy storage system project.
The Ohio Power Siting Board on March 21 authorized Oak Run Solar Project LLC to construct an 800-megawatt solar-powered electric generation facility, two 3.5-mile long transmission lines and a 300 MW battery energy storage facility in Monroe, Somerford, and Deercreek townships in Madison County, Ohio.
Hitachi Energy and Grid United, an independent electrical transmission company, recently announced a collaboration to deliver high-voltage direct current technology for Grid United transmission projects that will interconnect the eastern and western regional power grids in the U.S.
President Biden over the weekend signed into law a package of six annual appropriations bills, including one that funds the Department of Health and Human Services, which controls the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Power outages, wildfires, rooftop solar systems, and demand response programs create a need for utilities to communicate with customers quickly and clearly. Utilizing omnichannel communication systems can help ensure customers stay in the know and also help utilities respond to the many outage-related calls and emails from customers.
The Department of Energy recently said that its Loan Programs Office has granted a conditional commitment for a partial loan guarantee of up to $72.8 million for a solar plus storage microgrid project on Tribal lands in California.
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.
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.
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.
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.