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Distributed Energy Resources
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 3 announced that contracts have been executed for 23 large-scale land-based renewable energy projects that will provide more than 2.3 gigawatts of clean energy.
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The following is a transcript of the Dec. 2, 2024, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA’s news
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Energy Storage
In a recent interview with the American Public Power Association, Mark Montgomery, executive director for Logan City Light and Power, the utility that serves the public power community of Logan, Utah, detailed the successful completion of a battery energy storage system in Logan and discussed the utility’s current generation portfolio mix and how Logan City Light and Power approaches resource planning.
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Grid Modernization
The City of Toledo, Ohio’s, Department of Public Utilities is on track to complete its Advanced Metering Infrastructure project by the end of the year, the city reported on Dec. 4.
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Reliability
APPA and the Large Public Power Council recently filed comments at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on FERC’s proposed rule that preliminarily finds that existing North American Electric Reliability Corporation supply chain risk management reliability standards have gaps and may be insufficient to protect against the myriad of cyber supply chain threats.
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Community Engagement
​​​​​​​AMP recently welcome the Borough of Chambersburg, Pa., as the newest AMP member.
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Workforce
Washington State’s Chelan PUD welcomed three new senior managers in recent months -- Chief Energy Resources Officer Janet Jaspers, Chief Financial and Risk Officer Sridhar Krishnan and Dan Koch, Chief Operating Officer.
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Reliability
​​​​​​​Xcel Energy is increasing its wildfire detection and mitigation efforts in the Texas Panhandle by introducing artificial intelligence to spot fires early, the company said.
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Grid Modernization
The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program approved $477,961 in funding for nine public power utility projects that aim to improve utility operations and services with novel techniques and technologies.
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Transmission
Relieving future transmission bottlenecks between northern and southern New England and accommodating more clean energy resources in Maine are the two main objectives of the New England States Committee on Electricity’s (NESCOE) proposal for a first-of-its-kind regional solicitation under the region’s new longer-term transmission planning (LTTP) process.