Electricity Markets
Achieving 85% of the New England states’ carbon dioxide emissions reduction goals by 2045 may be possible through a combination of mostly solar, land-based wind, and short-duration energy storage, according to ISO New England’s latest economic study report, "New England’s Evolving Grid."
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection and stakeholders recently began an accelerated process to find consensus on how to integrate large load customers rapidly and reliably without risking an electricity supply shortage.
Reliability
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 18 voted unanimously to approve a suite of actions focused on modernizing the reliability and security of the nation’s bulk power system in the face of threats in cybersecurity, supply chain risk management, and extreme cold weather.
Electricity Markets
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman David Rosner on Sept. 18 asked the country’s regional transmission organizations and independent system operators to respond to a series of questions tied to large load forecasting.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
On September 25, APPA will host a free virtual webinar showcasing lessons learned from five public power utilities that completed wildfire risk mitigation activities through a partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO). This
Environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 9 announced the availability of new guidance on New Source Review (NSR) preconstruction permitting requirements.
Safety
In advance of a hearing to be held by the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Communications & Technology Subcommittee on broadband deployment, APPA sent a letter opposing H.R. 278, the BROADBAND Leadership Act, to the bill’s sponsor, Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA), subcommittee members, and subcommittee staff.
Electricity Markets
The City Council of North Platte, Nebraska, recently approved a wholesale power contract with the Nebraska Public Power District. The City Council took the action at its Sept. 16 meeting.
Bills and Rates
Texas public power utility Kerrville Public Utility Board has approved its Fiscal Year 2026 budget, keeping rates steady to provide economic relief for families and businesses recovering from the devastating Hill Country Floods, it said on Sept. 17.
Environment
Adult sockeye salmon migrating to Canada’s Okanagan River Basin will have a better chance to survive and spawn during drought years following a successful, “trap-and-haul” pilot project carried out July 16 by Grant PUD, Chelan PUD and Canada’s Okanagan Nation Alliance with ample support from agencies on both sides of the border, Grant PUD and Chelan PUD said.