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Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings recently upgraded ratings of Heartland Energy to “A” from “A-,“ with a stable outlook.
Distributed Energy Resources
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released a digital tool to analyze the ability of a photovoltaic energy storage system to provide backup power during short-duration interruptions.
Reliability
In 2022, the transformer at the Eugene Water and Electric Board’s River Road substation in Oregon experienced equipment failure and was deemed no longer fit for service. Since that time, the power for roughly 3,000 customers has been rerouted through other substations, thanks to EWEB's robust
Distributed Energy Resources
Orsted recently announced the cancellation of two wind projects totaling 2,248 megawatts that were slated to be built in waters off the New Jersey coast. At the same time, the Danish developer also released updates on its other offshore wind project along the Eastern Seaboard, including a final
A Q&A with Scott Corwin, who started as American Public Power Association’s president and CEO in August 2023.
Reliability
The Board of Directors for California public power utility Imperial Irrigation District recently approved four separate agreements to build new and upgrade existing electrical substations “that will energize development projects in the City of Indio through an innovative and new joint electric financing authority,” IID said on Oct. 31.
Security
An executive order recently issued by President Biden directs various federal agencies to examine the impacts that artificial intelligence could have across the economy and includes directives relevant to the electric utility sector. Biden issued the “ Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and
Energy Storage
How public power utilities can refine the purpose, value, and benefits of energy storage for their projects.
Reliability
Where there is movement at the national level to address the critical shortage of grid components, particularly distribution transformers.
Grid Modernization
How joint action agencies are revisiting their strategic planning to rethink how their roles align with shifting trends in energy supplies.