grid
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in December issued an order accepting a transmission construction service agreement between AES Ohio and Amazon Data Services that is tied to a large data center to be constructed in Ohio.
grid
Generation
Data centers would be required to make a 10-year commitment to pay for a minimum of 90% of the energy they say they need each month — even if they use less — under a proposal filed by an Ohio utility in May with state utility regulators.
EVs
Electric Vehicles
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has accepted a consultant’s recommendations and plans to set up a stakeholder process to solicit comments and input to assist it in developing electric vehicle infrastructure policies for the state’s electric distribution utilities.
nuke
Generation
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials, on Oct. 7 released a new report, Energy and Industrial Use Cases for Advanced Nuclear Reactors.
storage
Energy Storage
The Long Island Power Authority Board of Trustees on Dec. 18 approved two battery energy storage contracts in Suffolk County: a 79-megawatt facility in Hauppauge and a 50 MW facility in Shoreham.
hydro
Generation
GE Vernova’s hydro power business has been selected by Washington State public power utility Tacoma Power to refurbish two 27 MW/33 MVA turbine and generator units at the Cushman II hydropower plant, out of the three units installed at the site.
ev
Electric Vehicles
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 27 signed into law a bill that would authorize the California Energy Commission to require any weight class of battery electric vehicle to be bidirectional-capable if it determines there is a sufficiently compelling beneficial bidirectional-capable use case to the BEV operator and electric grid.
nuke
Generation
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is deploying Atomic Canyon's artificial intelligence-powered solutions for the nuclear energy sector at PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
EVs
Electric Vehicles
The Oregon Public Utility Commission is reviewing proposals by PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric for spending close to $13 million on electric vehicle programs.