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The Maine Governor’s Energy Office in December submitted a recommendation to the Maine Public Utilities Commission to procure up to 200 megawatts of energy storage for Maine that increases grid resilience, lowers electricity costs, maximizes federal incentives, and advances the state’s clean energy goals and statutory requirements.
The New York State Public Service Commission recently approved the implementation of an energy affordability guarantee pilot program.
The California Independent System Operator’s Board of Governors has approved an addendum to its 2022-2023 transmission plan to conditionally advance development of a 285-mile link in a transmission pathway that would deliver Idaho wind energy to California and the Southwest and enable investor-owned Idaho Power to import additional energy into its system.
Coal plant sites are becoming an increasingly attractive location for utility and energy storage development companies across the U.S. to site new energy storage systems.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6 approved in a 3-2 vote its final climate disclosure rule.
The Vermont Public Power Supply has partnered with Bellawatt to build a “seamless tool that simplifies the electrification journey for customers,” VPPSA said on Feb. 21.
The Florida Municipal Electric Association on Jan. 30 announced its 2023 “Restoring Communities Awards,” which recognize public power utilities for their exemplary power restoration efforts to their own communities and for providing or receiving mutual aid following significant weather events or when fellow public power communities were in need of extra assistance.
For the first time in its history, CleanPowerSF delivered 100% renewable electricity to all 375,000 customers on its default green service in 2023.
Utilities face several challenges as they address an increasing number of outages. About 83% of major U.S. power outages between 2000 and 2021 were driven by weather-related events, according to Climate Central. As customers grapple with these rising power interruptions, 65% report that they’re frustrated with utilities’ impersonal communications. However, utilities can now address this communications challenge by taking advantage of AI. Rather than simply reacting to outages as they happen, power providers can embrace intelligent, customized, and proactive messaging that humanizes these crises for their customers.
Members of the Northeast Public Power Association in Maine have received grant awards to deploy electrical grid resilience projects in Maine communities.