grid
Reliability
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that distribution transformer capacity may need to increase 160 percent to 260 percent by 2050 compared to 2021 levels to meet residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation energy demands.
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Distributed Energy Resources
The New York Power Authority on March 12 issued a request for qualifications to pre-qualify renewable development companies and investors that meet requirements to collaborate with NYPA on the development of renewable energy generating projects and storage systems, including solar photovoltaic, wind, battery storage, green hydrogen, geothermal, and renewable-related transmission.
people
Workforce
The Board of Trustees of Iowa public power utility Cedar Falls Utilities recently named Susan Abernathy the next General Manager of CFU.
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Customer Service
When they started using TextPower for outage notifications, utility managers for the City of Gastonia in North Carolina could not foresee the multiple ways in which the service would grow.
grid
Electricity Markets
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Nov. 17 said it has canceled the procurement from a request for proposal it issued in October seeking additional capacity due to the limited response from the market, which included only a small 11.1 MW of potentially eligible capacity. In the RFP, ERCOT
ev
Community Engagement
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Nov. 16 announced a comprehensive plan to build, operate and maintain a city-owned network of electric vehicle fast-charger stations in the city’s underserved communities.
cyber
Security
The U.S. Department of Energy on Nov. 16 announced a $70 million funding opportunity to enhance the cybersecurity posture of electric cooperative, municipal, and small investor-owned utilities.
grid
Transmission
The New York State Public Service Commission on Nov. 16 approved $1.4 billion in financing for NY Transco’s Propel NY Energy transmission project.
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Distributed Energy Resources
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Nov. 20 announced the completed installation of the first offshore wind turbine for South Fork Wind, a historic milestone for New York’s offshore wind development and what will be the first completed utility-scale wind farm in the United States in federal waters.
storage
Energy Storage
Ameresco will construct a battery energy storage system of up to 50 megawatts to provide California public power utility Silicon Valley Power additional local area capacity for electrical system reliability and flexibility.