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California residents are increasingly pairing battery storage with solar installations, the Energy Information Administration reported on July 18.
The Idaho National Laboratory and Microsoft have announced a collaboration to use Microsoft’s Azure cloud and artificial intelligence technologies to streamline the nuclear permitting and licensing application process.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s community choice energy program, CleanPowerSF, is expanding its renewable energy portfolio, committing to a new 15-megawatt battery energy storage and 20-megawatt solar project in Stanislaus County, Calif.
The Arizona Corporation Commission recently approved an amended certificate of environmental compatibility for the Salt River Project’s Coolidge Expansion Project, a flexible, fast-ramping natural gas plant. Arizona public power utility SRP said the plant will help it “cost-effectively and reliably
The California Independent System Operator Board of Governors and the Western Energy Markets Governing Body have approved an important step toward establishing a revised governance model for the ISO’s wholesale electricity markets “designed to improve reliability and reduce the cost of delivering electricity to consumers across the West,” CAISO said on Aug. 13.
The California ISO Board of Governors and the Western Energy Markets Governing Body on Nov. 7 approved the next legal steps to implement the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative Step 1, once the trigger based on formal commitments to participation in the Extended Day-Ahead Market is met.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently accepted a construction permit application for review from the Tennessee Valley Authority to build one of the nation’s first small modular reactors.
Grant PUD commissioners announced May 21 during their monthly workshop that Rich Wallen will remain as the utility’s Chief Executive Officer and General Manager.
The following is a transcript of the Feb. 17, 2025, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA’s News
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on July 28 announced the launch of New York’s first Bulk Energy Storage Request for Proposals, which is intended to procure one gigawatt of bulk energy storage as part of New York’s 6 GW Energy Storage Roadmap.