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Energy Storage
A new report from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provides an overview of battery energy storage systems from a land use perspective and describes the implications for zoning and project permitting.
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Customer Service
Public power utilities rank high in business customer satisfaction, a new J.D. Power report shows.
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Electric Vehicles
The Electric Power Research Institute on Nov. 28 released an interactive online resource intended to help utilities and industry stakeholders effectively plan for the power and infrastructure needed to serve light-, medium-, and heavy-duty electric vehicles.
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Workforce
The University of North Florida School of Engineering and Florida public power utility JEA on Nov. 28 celebrated the opening of the JEA Sustainable Solutions Lab.
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Energy Efficiency
In a first for Massachusetts, the town of Ipswich, Mass., through public power utility Ipswich Electric Light Department, will accelerate clean energy home improvements through a streamlined, utility-supported process for homeowners and renters.
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Distributed Energy Resources
Starting on December 1, Mount Dora, Fla., residents will have the option to go solar through the Mount Dora Electric Utility, a public power utility.
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Energy Storage
An energy storage facility in California powered by used electric vehicle batteries has begun operation. The 12-megawatt hour facility in Santa Barbara County near the community of New Cuyama, was developed by B2U Storage Solutions, based in Lancaster, California. The facility uses hundreds of
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Energy Storage
The Board of Directors for California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District recently voted to award a $60,500 contract to NV5 for a Battery Energy Storage System assessment, which is a key first step to designing, locating and constructing a BESS project in Truckee, and separately adopted a proposed two-year rate design.
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Generation
GE Vernova’s hydro power business has been selected by Washington State public power utility Tacoma Power to refurbish two 27 MW/33 MVA turbine and generator units at the Cushman II hydropower plant, out of the three units installed at the site.
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Electricity Markets
The Public Utility Commission of Texas voted to immediately implement a new Emergency Pricing Program for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power region.