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For water and electric utilities, it is critical to communicate with customers about potential leaks, rate changes and outages. Speed and clarity are essential to ensuring water is not wasted and customers know about outages. This boosts customer satisfaction.
The Florida Municipal Electric Association on Oct. 9 said that it has mobilized a restoration workforce that has grown to more than 2,500 personnel from 22 states with Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall in the state late Wednesday into Thursday morning.
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved the Grand Island Utilities Department for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant totaling $116,440. The funds will be used to cover the cost of a five-year plan for both the software and equipment modules needed to monitor a solar field.
The Michigan Public Service Commission recently announced funding for an energy storage project in the public power community of Sturgis, Mich.
Manifold Robotics, a developer of Unmanned Aircraft System technology for the electric power utility industry, recently announce the launch of a new product development effort to be conducted in cooperation with the New York Power Authority.
Oregon public power utilities Springfield Utility Board and Emerald People’s Utility District, along with Tennessee public power utility Nashville Electric Service, are included among the communities that will receive funding and technical assistance to research, model, validate, and deploy local
Hurricane Milton, which made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane, knocked out power to more than three million customers in the state.
The PJM Interconnection on Oct. 8 briefed stakeholders on the 2024 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan Window 1, which closed Sept. 17.
Santee Cooper has strengthened its generation management team with the recent appointments of Darla Barnette as Manager of Renewable Generation and Ged Moree as Manager of Winyah Generating Station. Both appointments took effect Sept. 28.
Nominations for the American Public Power Association’s Policy Makers Council are being accepted through November 22, 2024.