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Distributed Energy Resources
California public power utility Imperial Irrigation District recently announced that it is working to integrate a software solution, PowerClerk, into its solar interconnection application process.
Reliability
The Tennessee Valley Authority recently provided details on the most comprehensive cold-weather preparedness overhaul in TVA’s 90-year history -- a to-do list of nearly 3,400 items that began earlier this year with the addition of more stringent winterization standards.
Scott Corwin, APPA’s president and CEO, on how partnerships are essential for addressing our members’ needs and in finding new solutions.
Generation
Greenville, Texas public power utility GEUS has officially initiated a request for proposal process to explore additional electrical generation options, it said on Dec. 18.
Reliability
Tennessee public power utility Knoxville Public Utilities Board on Dec. 1 energized a new substation.
Distributed Energy Resources
Public power utility and community choice aggregator green programs are included in the most recent set of rankings compiled by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Green power programs allow homes and businesses to procure green power through their electric utility or community choice
Generation
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would establish a 30 percent investment tax credit for hydropower environmental and safety improvements. The tax incentive is available to public power utilities through elective pay. Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE), Suzan
Check out this visual overview of the variety of third parties public power utilities engage for support on operations and other tasks.
Security
The opportunities for leveraging federal funding for public power projects are numerous – as are the entities that can help.
Grid Modernization
View this map to see how much funding states and territories have for grid resilience projects, and highlights of some of the public power projects funded through the Department of Energy.