cyber
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Jan. 19 directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation to develop and submit reliability standards requiring internal network security monitoring for high-impact bulk electric system cyber systems and medium-impact systems with high-speed internet connections.
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The MPUA Resource Services Corporation has been awarded a $1.1 million American Rescue Plan Act workforce training grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the Missouri Public Utility Alliance said on Jan. 25.
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The American Public Power Association this week released the 17th edition of its Safety Manual, which has been a key tool for public power utility workplace safety programs since 1955.
grid
The costs to connect a power project to the grid in the PJM Interconnection region have risen steeply, according to a new report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
storage
While lithium-ion technology has been king of the hill when it comes to energy storage options for utilities, this year could prove to be a key inflection point for the emergence of alternative energy storage technologies in the U.S. if recent developments are any indication.
people
The California Municipal Utilities Association has been awarded $4 million from the California Workforce Development Board’s High Road Training Partnership Grant Program to implement the new California Water, Wastewater, and Energy Workforce Development Program.
solar
California community choice aggregator Silicon Valley Clean Energy closed its second prepayment transaction to finance its clean energy supplies, resulting in significant savings to the agency, it said on Feb. 7.
Home Heating
A Concord Municipal Light Plant pilot program for the Massachusetts-based public power utility’s heat pump adoption initiative, completed with assistance from an American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments Program grant and Energy New England, shows the
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets have been certified to be in line with a trajectory that is well below a 2° centigrade increase above pre-industrial levels.
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The Utilities Board of Tuskegee in Alabama played a major role in the decision by Samkee Corp., a major South Korean automotive supplier, to invest $128 million to open its first U.S. factory in Alabama.