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Chattanooga, Tenn.-based public power utility EPB and the Oak Ridge and Los Alamos National Laboratories have received an award for a joint project that is developing technology to protect America’s electric grid from cyberattacks.
A zero emissions natural gas-fired power plant last week, for the first time, contributed electric power to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid.
It’s no secret that electric utilities are in the middle of a significant transformation. An ever-increasing number of public power utilities have adopted or are looking at adopting clean energy...
The Board of Commissioners for Florida public power utility Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) on Dec. 14 formally approved the retirement of Stanton Energy Center’s (SEC) Unit 1 by no later than 2025 and the conversion of SEC’s Unit 2 to natural gas by no later than 2027.
The U.S. electric power sector’s cooling water withdrawals fell 10.5% from 53.1 trillion gallons in 2019 to 47.5 trillion gallons in 2020, continuing the downward trend in withdrawals, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported on Dec.17.
Per member requests, the American Public Power Association this week presents an in-depth series on managing insurance risks. Part one details what is happening in the insurance market that is affecting policy coverage.
Joy Ditto recounts highlights from her “bucket-list”-checking summer vacation with her family to the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and Mount Rushmore by RV, and reflects on these remote areas of our...
Key federal government agencies and the electricity industry have made significant strides in support of White House goals aimed at boosting the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure in the U.S., the Department of Energy (DOE) recently reported.
Hydrogen fuel could be a more economical solution to the intermittency of renewable energy resources than lithium-ion batteries, but it is not an economic match to natural gas-fired peaking plants at current market prices, according to a new report from researchers at the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI).
Lakeland Electric is building a 120 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired generator on land owned by the Florida city to replace a recently retired, coal-fired plant.