storage
Energy Storage
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project has issued a request for information seeking information from developers of non-inverter based energy storage technologies.
grid
Reliability
Staff at Washington State’s Chelan PUD recently recommended that the PUD adopt a five-year reliability goal.
solar
Distributed Energy Resources
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on October 3 passed a resolution that will extend the participation of CleanPowerSF in California Community Power, a Joint Powers Agency comprising nine California community choice aggregators, for the next 25 years.
grid
Distributed Energy Resources
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey in late September signed an executive order creating the Commission on Clean Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting.
grid
Transmission
The Western Power Pool recently released a paper outlining a proposed concept for the development of an actionable transmission plan to support the needs of the future energy grid across the Western Interconnection.
grid
Electricity Markets
This summer, the United States hit the second highest peak electricity demand since the Energy Information Administration began collecting data in 2016, the agency said.
nuke
Generation
Holtec International has submitted a filing with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to formally begin the process of seeking federal reauthorization of power operations at the 800-megawatt Palisades Power Plant in Covert Township, Michigan.
grid
Distributed Energy Resources
A coalition of New England states recently called for proposals to secure federal funding for regional collaboration on grid infrastructure.
grid
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Members of the California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board visited California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District on Oct. 2.
grid
Reliability
The Austin, Texas, City Council on Oct. 5 approved a new tool to aid public power utility Austin Energy in wildfire detection and response.