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Bonds and Financing
Emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, are changing the way utilities conduct financial planning and accounting.
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Grid Modernization
How public power utilities are navigating changing financing options to affordably develop projects that support load growth and new technologies.
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Energy Efficiency
Why demand response programs are getting attention and how public power is structuring programs to align with the latest technology and customer expectations.
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Security
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) published its first ever five-year Strategic Plan, CESER said on March 18.
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Reliability
Colorado Springs Utilities recently announced a major upgrade to its wildfire defense strategy: artificial intelligence-powered early detection.
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Generation
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on March 23 issued emergency orders to keep two Indiana coal plants operational.
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On March 4, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) recognized the Grand River Dam Authority with a “Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.”
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Distributed Energy Resources
TotalEnergies has signed settlement agreements with the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) to relinquish its Carolina Long Bay lease and its New York Bight lease, both awarded in 2022, along with its partners. As a result, TotalEnergies will no longer develop offshore wind projects in the United States.
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Generation
The Electric Power Research Institute on March 23 said it is launching Flex MOSAIC, a uniform flexibility classification framework for large electric loads, developed through its DCFlex initiative in collaboration with more than 65 utilities, system operators, regulators, hyperscalers, and technology providers.
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Electricity Markets
Dan Beans, Electric Utility CEO for the City of Roseville, California, has been named as a member of the National Petroleum Council.