gas
Generation
U.S. natural gas consumption grew by 1% to reach a new annual high of 89.4 billion cubic feet per day in 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration, and continued growing in the first nine months of 2024.
storage
Energy Storage
Energy Vault Holdings on Dec. 11 announced a strategic partnership with RackScale Data Centers that aims to accelerate the delivery of 2 gigawatts of firm, primary power to data center sites developed by RSDC through the deployment of Energy Vault's proprietary B-Nest™ hyperscale battery energy storage system.
bill
Bills and Rates
The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority recently approved a resolution to change the Florida public power utility’s residential electric tier structure beginning Jan. 1, 2025.
grid
Grid Modernization
Willdan Group has been selected to implement the Snohomish County Public Utility District’s new energy efficiency program for telecommunications and data center facilities.
plant
Generation
California Resources Corporation and its carbon management business, Carbon TerraVault announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Net Power Inc. to develop Net Power’s ultra-low emission power plants in California.
grid
Reliability
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity released three Notices of Funding Opportunity totaling nearly $18.4 million for programs to support research and development of electricity grid technologies.
grid
Transmission
The U.S. Department of Energy on Dec.16 released a list of three potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors moving to the next phase of the designation process.
grid
Reliability
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office on Dec. 17 announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $15 billion to Pacific Gas & Electric Company, a combined natural gas and electric utility serving Northern and Central California.
grid
Transmission
The Bonneville Power Administration has identified that its traditional model for deploying transmission capital will not be sufficient to meet customer needs, it said on Dec. 12. BPA has determined a need to double its transmission capital execution by 2028.
grid
Electricity Markets
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners recently approved the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s participation in the California Independent System Operator Extended Day-Ahead Market, a voluntary, wholesale energy market designed to optimize the availability of energy on existing transmission line infrastructure in the Western United States, LADWP reported on Dec. 17.