Generation
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Request for Offer (RFO) seeking proposals from companies to build and power AI data centers on DOE’s Paducah site in Kentucky.
Generation
California Community Power, a joint powers authority representing nine community choice aggregators, recently issued a Request for Proposals to procure new cost-effective clean energy and reliability resources.
Generation
Deep Green on Nov. 5 announced plans to build a first-of-its-kind 24-megawatt, ultra-efficient data center in downtown Lansing, Mich.
Customer Service
Fifty-three public power electric utilities and utility organizations earned Excellence in Public Power Communications Awards from the American Public Power Association.
Transmission
The Southwest Power Pool on Nov. 5 reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring a reliable, affordable, and resilient electric grid through its Integrated Transmission Planning process -- a collaborative effort that has identified transmission solutions to meet the region’s evolving energy needs.
Reliability
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. has filed a suite of reliability standards with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in response to the “Milestone 3” directives from Order No. 901, “marking a critical step forward in enhancing grid reliability through improved model validation and data sharing requirements for inverter-based resources (IBRs), NERC said.
Reliability
Adrienne Lotto, Senior Vice President for Grid Security, Technical and Operations at the American Public Power Association, on Oct. 28 detailed how APPA members can benefit from the wide array of programs and services that it offers including in the areas of physical security and cybersecurity.
Workforce
In a recent interview with APPA, Victor Fuentes, General Manager and CEO of Washington State's Franklin PUD, details the launch of a successful student intern program at Franklin PUD, as well as other efforts at the PUD to proactively address workforce issues facing the utility sector.
Generation
KPP Energy is purchasing four new diesel-fired generators in a move that will incrementally increase the overall capacity of the agency.
Generation
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners on Nov. 4 approved and certified the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Scattergood Generating Station Units 1 and 2 Green Hydrogen-Ready Modernization Project.