Cloud seeding could become increasingly prevalent in California as utilities there face the twin challenges of drought and reaching the state’s net zero emission goals intended to combat global warming.
Security
Grid Security Issue Brief (PDF) Summary The electric sector has mandatory and enforceable federal regulatory standards in place for cyber and physical security (collectively known as grid security). Close coordination among industry and government partners at all levels is imperative to deterring
Generation
TerraPower, a nuclear innovation company, Evergy and the Kansas Department of Commerce, recently announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore siting TerraPower’s flagship technology, the Natrium® reactor1 and energy storage system, within Evergy’s service territory in
Energy Storage
Salt River Project and NextEra Energy Resources have officially commissioned a 100-megawatt battery energy storage system to store the energy produced by a solar energy facility in Coolidge, Arizona.
Generation
A new report released by the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project offers recommendations for utilities, states, and IT companies tied to the development of data centers.
Generation
Georgia Power, a subsidiary of investor-owned Southern Company, on Aug. 31 filed a recommendation with the Georgia Public Service Commission to continue construction of the Vogtle nuclear expansion near Augusta, Ga.
Lee Meyerhofer has been a commissioner for Kaukauna Utilities in Wisconsin since 1995 and its president since 2005. Lee was elected to the Kaukauna City Council in 1992 and to the Wisconsin Legislature in 1998. On the Legislature, he served as the ranking member of the Energy and Utilities Committee
A number of public power utilities including Snohomish County PUD, Austin Energy and SMUD are exploring opportunities tied to vehicle-to-grid technologies.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should dismiss a petition asking it to find that it has jurisdiction over energy sales from rooftop solar facilities and other distributed generation located on the customer side of the retail meter whenever the output of these resources exceeds the customer
Workforce
After more than four decades with Maryland-based Easton Utilities, Hugh Grunden announced his retirement as President and CEO effective July 1.