Grid Modernization
Installers have replaced all but 551 of the 51,259 electric meters in Chelan County, Wash., with advanced metering infrastructure, Chelan County PUD said. The $15 million installation of advanced meters began about a year ago. Crews replaced about 1,000 meters a week. The change has been in the works since 2017.
Electric Vehicles
Florida public power utility Kissimmee Utility Authority on April 2 unveiled its electric vehicle charging program for residential customers. Eligible KUA customers must be the property owner or have the written permission of the property owner prior to installation.
Electricity Markets
Bonneville Power Administration staff identified governance, resource adequacy requirements and greenhouse gas accounting and other favorable attributes in recommending that BPA participate in a day-ahead energy market and that BPA should join the Southwest Power Pool's Markets+ initiative.
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Generation
The U.S. Department of Energy recently released an information guide for communities considering replacing their retired or retiring coal power plants with nuclear power plants.
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection and the New York Independent System Operator said that an earthquake with an epicenter in north-central New Jersey had no immediate impact on operations.
Electricity Markets
A full solar eclipse on April 8 will briefly but fully obscure sunlight to utility-scale solar generation facilities from Texas through Maine with a combined 6.5 GW of capacity, the Energy Information Administration said on April 5.
Transmission
National Grid Ventures and Con Edison Transmission recently submitted a proposal to build transmission infrastructure that will carry offshore wind power to New Jersey’s electric grid.
Workforce
Thirteen journeyman teams and 12 individual apprentices won awards at the American Public Power Association’s twenty-second annual Public Power Lineworkers Rodeo, held April 5-6, in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Electric Vehicles
Public power utilities can take proactive measures in planning for the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure (also known as electric vehicle service equipment) within their service territories, capitalizing on...