grid
Reliability
Santee Cooper on May 15 said it has secured final approval for 18 projects, totaling $10.8 million in funding, submitted to its Grid Resilience Grant Program last year by electric cooperatives and municipal and other utilities from across South Carolina.
grid
Electricity Markets
A recent vote by the Western Resource Adequacy Program’s Resource Adequacy Participant Committee paves the way for WRAP participants to enter a binding program in 2027.
transmission towers
Reliability
Speaking at a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission technical conference on Oct. 21, Northern California Power Agency General Manager Randy Howard said that the electric utility industry has been working collaboratively when it comes to wildfire mitigation efforts.
town
Community Engagement
Maine public power utility Kennebunk Light & Power District’s relationship with its customers is one of its greatest assets, said Anna Henderson, General Manager of KLPD. In a Q&A with Public Power Current, she also detailed mutual aid efforts in response to a recent nor'easter.
transmission towers
Electricity Markets
Two separate reports recently released by the New York Independent System Operator "provide important insights into evolving challenges of maintaining reliability of the high voltage electric system as consumer demand increases and generation retires," the grid operator said on Oct. 14.
Transmission towers
Electricity Markets
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and PacifiCorp have successfully launched the Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM), the grid operator reported on May 1.
grid
Grid Modernization
Tripling the current scale of virtual power plants by 2030 could support rapid electrification as electricity demand grows for the first time in a decade, but limited integration of VPPs has inhibited growth, according to a new report from the Department of Energy.
APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto reflects on Independence Day celebrations and how our public power utilities share common goals and basic operational similarities but configure their systems to meet...
Hydrogen is being looked at in the energy sector as a resource for storage, generation, industrial processes, and transportation. While many of the technical applications are in the nascent stage...
nuke
Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s application has been selected for a $400 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate the deployment of the nation’s first Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor at TVA’s Clinch River nuclear site in East Tennessee, TVA reported on Dec. 2.