Environment
The Reading Municipal Light Department on Feb. 23 announced the acceleration of its decarbonization efforts through the recent update to Policy 30 and accelerated retirement of non-carbon certificates.
Reliability
The New York Power Authority is leading a study to validate a technique that could potentially help the utility industry digitally monitor transformers to better detect problems without taking the units out of service, it said on Feb.22.
Energy Efficiency
Husky Terminal, which has been a fixture at the Port of Tacoma for over forty years, recently implemented major upgrades to its onsite lighting, with assistance from Washington State public power utility Tacoma Power.
Safety
The Florida Municipal Electric Association recently recognized excellence in Florida public power at an awards banquet where the winners of the FMEA Safety Awards were announced.
Electricity Markets
ISO New England on Feb. 21 filed the finalized results of its 18th Forward Capacity Auction with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Electricity Markets
There are “immediate and serious challenges to the reliability of our region’s electric grid,” and the entire industry — utilities, states and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator — must work together and move faster to address them, John Bear, CEO of MISO, recently said.
Transmission
A group of public power communities in Colorado and the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska recently filed a complaint against investor-owned Public Service Company of Colorado at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission saying that they should not have to be on the hook for costs associated with a Public Service Company of Colorado transmission project.
Workforce
Members of Snohomish County PUD’s substation department recently participated in a five-day training course.
Environment
A regional utility collaboration in Northern Colorado recently calculated results for 2023, reporting that about 1,700 homes and 500 businesses collectively reduced carbon emissions by more than 6,800 tons through various programs and initiatives, based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s emission rates for the Rocky Mountain region.
Environment
The National Forest Foundation and Salt River Project recently announced a new partnership that will help reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire across the Salt and Verde River watersheds in Arizona “and allow SRP to continue providing an affordable and reliable water supply for the Phoenix metropolitan area,” SRP said.