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The Board of Water and Power Commissioners for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power recently approved a policy under which LADWP’s present and future customers will fairly share in the cost of new power infrastructure upgrades located in the public right-of-way for construction projects, commonly known as underground line extensions.
Community Engagement
Texas public power utility New Braunfels Utilities, the City of New Braunfels, Texas, and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority on Aug. 15 launched an interagency program to collaboratively manage water resources.
Workforce
The Board of Directors for California public power utility Imperial Irrigation District on Aug. 15 voted unanimously for Jamie Asbury, the current IID Energy Department Manager, to serve as the next general manager of IID.
Reliability
Five significant evolving and interdependent risks -- energy policy, grid transformation, resilience to extreme events, security risks and critical infrastructure interdependencies -- are identified in a report released by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
Distributed Energy Resources
Public power utility Colorado Springs Utilities, the City of Colorado Springs and several other entities have received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to validate concepts that aggregate power across complex energy systems, including virtual power plants.
Workforce
Liz Anderson has been named as the new Executive Director of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association, effective January 1, 2024, following the retirement of George Caan at the end of the year.
Distributed Energy Resources
Platte River Power Authority recently issued a request for proposals seeking proposals for the supply of wind power.
Distributed Energy Resources
When Healdsburg, California, brought a floating solar array online a few years ago, the city’s utility knew there would be a wide array of benefits flowing from the project. But one of the benefits that Terry Crowley, Healdsburg’s Utility Director, said he underestimated is the high level of
Generation
Chevron, in a deal with Magnum Development, has acquired a majority interest in the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Delta, Utah, that is being built to produce and store hydrogen fuel.
Distributed Energy Resources
Nebraska’s Omaha Public Power District and Douglas County, Neb., are working together on a project that could bring new life to an old landfill, possibly turning it into a power generating solar array, OPPD said on Sept. 19