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The City of Traverse City, Mich., has been awarded a Michigan Public Service Commission Low Carbon Infrastructure Enhancement and Development Grant in the amount of $1,685,479.
Putting solar panels on warehouse roofs could generate 185.6 terawatt-hours of electricity a year, according to a report from Environment America Research & Policy Center.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Alabama public power utility Troy Utilities recently hosted a Federal Aviation Administration Safety Team First Responder training. In an interview with Public Power Current, Chase Collins, small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Program Director for the City of Troy Utilities and FAA Safety Team
A new paper from researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory details how railways could provide an energy storage network that offers a flexible option for backup power on the grid.
A new paper from researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory details how railways could provide an energy storage network that offers a flexible option for backup power for the grid. In the paper, Leveraging rail-based mobile energy storage to increase grid reliability in the face of
Fitch recently affirmed the “AA” ratings on revenue bonds issued by Florida public power utility JEA.
Hartford. Conn., mayoral candidate Eric Coleman recently said that if elected he will push for the formation of a public power utility that would serve the city.
Distributed Energy Resources
Short-term outages caused by extreme weather have a minimal impact on most solar panels, but further work is needed to develop a clearer picture of the potential impacts, according to research by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Reliability
Texas public power utility CPS Energy recently detailed how it has successfully met the challenge of procuring transformers.
Distributed Energy Resources
The New York Power Authority on Jan. 31 filed a petition with the New York State Public Service Commission to establish the Renewable Energy Access and Community Help program to provide electric bill credits for low-income households across the state.