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Energy Efficiency
California community choice aggregator Silicon Valley Clean Energy in June announced the official launch of its innovative new financing pilot program, designed to make clean energy home upgrades more accessible and affordable for residents across 13 Santa Clara County, California, communities. The
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Electricity Markets
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has launched a survey of Texas electricity consumers to study the costs they may incur from power interruptions. Randomly selected residential, commercial, and large industrial electricity consumers in the ERCOT region will receive an email request to participate in the survey.
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Electricity Markets
California CCA Pioneer Community Energy to Expand to 13 New Northern California Communities California community choice aggregator Pioneer Community Energy on July 16 announced its expansion into 13 new communities. A service launch date is set for October 2027.
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The American Public Power Association supports efforts in Congress to streamline the federal permitting and siting process, eliminate excessive regulatory barriers, and ensure more predictable and timely decisions from relevant federal agencies, it said in a Statement for the Record submitted to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Washington D.C., November 16, 2021— The American Public Power Association applauds the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Reliability Corporation (NERC), and the NERC Regional Entities...
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Distributed Energy Resources
The U.S. Department of Energy issued a Request for Information focused on West Coast offshore wind transmission.
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Energy Storage
The California Public Utilities Commission on Jan. 27 unveiled action to enhance the safety of battery energy storage facilities and their related emergency response plans.
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Electricity Markets
Weeks after the Western Resource Adequacy Program’s Resource Adequacy Participant Committee approved a revised transition plan, the Western Power Pool Board of Directors recently took a series of actions to move the program further along.
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Workforce
American Municipal Power, Inc. announced that Kellie Pertuset has joined AMP as Vice President of Human Resources and Talent Management.
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Transmission
Oncor and LCRA Transmission Services Corporation have filed an application to build a 765-kV transmission line from Schleicher to Bell Counties in Texas to help meet the state's current and future electric reliability needs.