solar
Electricity Markets
Texas public power utility Austin Energy recently hosted a tour and meeting with a reverse trade mission delegation from Malaysia, sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
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Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator on May 9 announced today that the organizations will collaborate on an informational interregional transfer capability study, set to be performed during the second half of 2024.
hydro
Generation
Idaho National Laboratory is seeking a hydropower utility to collaborate on a case study to understand how small hydroelectric plants operating at 10 megawatts or less can be upgraded to provide emergency power to critical loads during outages.
people
Workforce
Florida public power utility JEA has promoted two executives to newly created roles to help advance the utility’s goals and objectives, and to further ensure strategic alignment across the organization.
grid
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
In response to an extreme storm system that has impacted Tallahassee, Fla., causing widespread and extensive damage, the Florida Municipal Electric Association has called on its national mutual aid network to bring in more than 215 personnel from 20 utilities in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina to assist with power restoration efforts in the capital city, FMEA reported on May 10.
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Generation
In a May 9 letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the American Public Power Association detailed its support of four provisions that have been submitted by committee members for consideration for inclusion in the Water Resources Development Act currently under development.
grid
Customer Service
Utilizing omnichannel communication systems can help ensure customers stay in the know and also help utilities respond to the many outage-related calls and emails from customers. When Hurricane Florence hit in September 2018, wreaking damage in the Carolinas, Duke Energy sent customers over 7 million messages enabled by Message Broadcast.
grid
Electricity Markets
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on May 8 issued a request for proposals for up to 500 megawatts of demand response capacity for this summer.
grid
Electric Vehicles
Fifty-four percent of Americans who do not currently own an electric vehicle are interested in purchasing one in the future. However, 64 percent cite the purchase price as a significant barrier to ownership, according to a survey.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Additional mutual aid crews arrived on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla., adding an additional 100 crew members to the city's restoration efforts to rebuild after experiencing unprecedented damage to the City's electric system in the wake of an extreme storm that hit the city on May 10.