Electricity Markets
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asking that FERC direct the commission’s enforcement unit to launch an investigation of the PJM Interconnection’s 2024 Base Residual Auction for the 2025/2026 Delivery Year and examine whether market manipulation occurred. Murphy made his request in a letter he sent to FERC Commissioners.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Dos Palos Clean Power project in Merced County, one of California’s first community solar projects, is now online. A joint project from California community choice aggregator Peninsula Clean Energy and Renewable America, Dos Palos will generate 3 megawatts of solar power as part of the CCA’s Green Access Program.
Bills and Rates
The Utility Division for the City of Loveland, Colorado, announced the introduction of remote disconnect and reconnect capabilities for electric service, made possible by the installation of new Advanced Metering Infrastructure electric meters.
Generation
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright on April 22 announced the release of the third loan disbursement to Holtec for the reopening of the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan.
Generation
In a recent interview with APPA, Chris Weiner, Executive Director of Electric Services for the City of Coffeyville, Kansas, details the public power utility’s capital improvement plan and discusses the possible replacement of a steam plant in the city.
Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced on April 23 that it has reapplied for the $800 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Program.
Electricity Markets
Sunny skies, mild temperatures, and the Easter holiday drove demand for grid electricity in New England to its lowest level ever Sunday.
Reliability
To increase power reliability and reduce potential safety risks ahead of summer, Arizona public power utility Salt River Project partnered with the cities of Apache Junction and Chandler to remove 59 trees growing too close to power lines and planted 264 new trees as part of its Right Tree, Right Place program.
Transmission
In a landmark decision, the Public Utility Commission of Texas on April 24 approved a plan to build the Electric Reliability Council of Texas region’s first extra high voltage transmission lines to meet the Permian Basin’s rapidly growing power needs.
Bonds and Financing
House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-AR) recently wrote a letter to House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) to ask him to “fully support the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds -- a critical tool that has underpinned American infrastructure and community development for over a century.”