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Impacted investor-owned electric companies, electric cooperatives, and public power utilities continue to work around the clock to restore power safely and as quickly as possible to customers and communities impacted by Hurricane Helene, which caused catastrophic damage across 10 states, impacting nearly 6 million electricity customers in total, the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council said on Oct. 1.
The U.S. energy storage market experienced significant growth in the second quarter, with the grid-scale segment leading the way at 2,773 MW and 9,982 MWh deployed.
In a new study assessing how climate change might alter hydropower generation across the continental U.S., researchers show that except for some parts of the Southwest, hydropower generation is expected to rise in the future.
Public power utility Colorado Springs Utilities recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for a grid reliability project.
The Bonneville Power Administration is planning to rebuild the 60-mile-long Shelton-Fairmount No. 1 115-kilovolt wood pole transmission line along the Hood Canal in Northwest Washington.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Oct. 3 announced an investment of $1.5 billion in four transmission projects and released a final national transmission planning study.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity on Oct. 2 announced the launch of the Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership, which is designed to assist remote, rural, and electrically isolated communities in developing resilient microgrid systems that enhance energy reliability and security, particularly in historically underserved and/or Indigenous areas.
The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced on Oct. 3 a conditional commitment to EVgo Swift Borrower LLC for a loan guarantee of up to $1.05 billion to expand public electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
The American Public Power Association and its members will celebrate this year’s Public Power Week from Oct. 6 to October 12. This year’s theme for Public Power Week is “Pride in Public Power.”
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations on Oct. 3 opened applications for up to $400 million “to spur innovative, community-focused, clean energy solutions for rural and remote communities across the United States.”