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Across the country, a new generation of female engineers is making its mark at public power utilities. For many, their path to engineering began at a young age, with their interest sparked by a math teacher in high school, a high school introduction to engineering course or discovering a love for fixing things.
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Congress and other federal agencies need to take action to keep pace with the nation’s evolving electric power grid, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently issued an order affirming the small utility opt-in feature supported by the American Public Power Association of a final rule that allows for distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators to compete in regional organized wholesale electric markets.
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How three public power utilities have diversified their revenue and turned outside-the-box thinking into mutually beneficial solutions for the utility, customers, and the community.
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The Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) in Oregon has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the development of a renewable hydrogen production facility.
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Washington State joint action agency Energy Northwest is a utility partner on advanced nuclear energy projects that recently received awards from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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When Concord Municipal Light Plant (CMLP) received notice that its financial and accounting software would no longer be supported, it turned out to be a good thing. After a year of deciding on goals, mapping out the scope of work, reviewing offers from various vendors, and talking to utilities that had been through a similar transition, CMLP chose National Information Solutions Cooperative to supply an enterprise solution to serve all its needs.
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California community choice aggregator Clean Power Alliance recently released a request for offers to expand its renewable energy portfolio.
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The PJM Interconnection, the largest wholesale power market in the nation, could create “substantial opportunities for low cost decarbonization” by pursuing policies such as establishing a charge on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, consulting firm Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) said in a new report.
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The board of directors of Florida public power utility JEA on Nov. 2 selected Jay Stowe to be the utility’s new managing director and CEO. Contract negotiations between Stowe and JEA will now start.