Distributed Energy Resources
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority recently issued two requests for information, one for offshore wind and one for land-based renewables.
Workforce
The Middleborough Gas & Electric Department, a Massachusetts public power utility, recently welcomed two new co-op students from Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School. The students will be working in the utility’s Gas and Electric Departments.
Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority on Oct. 24 celebrated the expansion of the Colbert Combustion Turbine Plant in Alabama, which brought 750 megawatts online this summer.
Generation
The number of natural gas-fired power plants expected to come online in 2023 is on track to hit back-to-back, year-over-year increases, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Electric Vehicles
KEYS Energy Services is now offering a new rebate program for electric vehicle chargers, the Florida public power utility said on Oct. 19.
Electricity Markets
Utilities need to align their reliability planning efforts with those of the Western Region Adequacy Program’s if they want to achieve the program’s goals of achieving reliability with a smaller portfolio through regional load and resource diversity, economies of scale, and reduced planning uncertainty, according to a new report.
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently accepted a proposal from ISO New England that will allow energy storage facilities to be planned and operated as transmission-only assets to address system needs identified in a regional system planning process.
Electricity Markets
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a draft roadmap to address interconnection challenges on the transmission grid and is seeking feedback before releasing a final version.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Oct. 27 announced it has finalized four new Wind Energy Areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
Energy Efficiency
President Biden recently asked Congress to provide an additional $1.6 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program as part of a $56 billion domestic supplemental spending request.