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Problems with inverter based resources, such as solar and wind generation and battery storage systems, could result in “systemic performance issues” that could lead to “potential widespread outages if they persist,” the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, said in a November 30 report.
The Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative’s Board of Directors recently approved a decarbonization policy that will provide guidance to leadership and staff as the organization seeks to procure an increasingly “greener” wholesale energy portfolio while still maintaining reasonable costs for its six public power utility members, CMEEC said on Dec. 6.
California community choice aggregators Central Coast Community Energy and Silicon Valley Clean Energy have each signed 15-year contracts with Pattern Energy Group to receive energy from SunZia Wind, a new renewable energy project located in New Mexico.
The Association of Washington Business has recognized Energy Northwest's dedication to providing employment opportunities for veterans with the Veterans & Families Award.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Dec. 5 passed bills that would prohibit the Department of Energy from increasing distribution transformer conservation standards for five years, require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review and comment on federal agency actions that are likely to have significant negative impacts on the reliability and adequacy of the bulk-power system and reform the FERC licensing process to protect existing hydropower resources and encourage the development of small and next-generation projects.
A new study from the Western Electricity Coordinating Council provides recommendations to help stakeholders prepare for extreme winter weather events.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 6 announced the successful delivery of power to Long Island from the first operational wind turbine at South Fork Wind, “marking a historic milestone of the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in federal waters to begin ‘powering up’ in the United States,” Hochul’s office said.
The Lower 48 states will enter the winter heating season with the most natural gas in storage since 2020, according to data from the Energy Information Administration.
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently said that the Tennessee Valley Authority is “leading on small modular reactors” with its SMR project at the Clinch River Nuclear Site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Dec. 8 announced a new Energy Storage Resources dashboard and Integration Report that provides a view of charging and discharging battery production on the grid.