Bonds and Financing
Final energy tax credit transferability rules released last week by the Treasury Department make clear that a partnership made up of one or more applicable entities, including public power utilities, can elect to transfer certain energy production tax credits they could also claim through elective payment.
Generation
Georgia Power on April 29 declared that Plant Vogtle Unit 4 has entered commercial operation. Vogtle Unit 3 entered commercial operation on July 31, 2023. Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 are two 1,100-megawatt nuclear reactors.
Workforce
As she prepares to join the growing ranks of female public power utility lineworkers, Rylee Gunn, an apprentice with Florida public power utility Fort Pierce Utilities Authorities, gained valuable experience while participating in the APPA Lineworkers Rodeo in Lafayette, Louisiana this month.
Customer Service
Thanks to TextPower, utility customers of Georgetown, Texas, can now text the utility if their service goes out instead of calling in and being put on hold or leaving a voice message that a utility phone operator then has to retrieve and listen to in order to log the pertinent information into the utility’s outage management system.
Energy Storage
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York Power Authority have started construction of New York State’s largest onsite solar plus storage project -- a solar carport canopy at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
This webinar will focus on updates on APPA’s current cooperative agreements funding opportunities and the upcoming Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity (RMUC) Program Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). APPA members with limited cybersecurity resources, those serving defense
Environment
U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions decreased by 3%, about 134 million metric tons in 2023, the Energy Information Administration reported.
Electricity Markets
PacifiCorp became the first entity in the Western United States to formally commit to a regional coordinated energy market by recently signing an implementation agreement with the California ISO for its Extended Day-Ahead Market.
Security
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has started publishing a newsletter designed to keep critical infrastructure stakeholders and key partners informed of planning efforts underway to update the National Cyber Incident Response Plan 2024.
Electricity Markets
The White House Council on Environmental Quality on April 30 finalized a rule to reform, simplify, and modernize the federal environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act.