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The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $50 million in new grant funding for community-based energy projects located in rural and remote areas across the country.
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Guam Power Authority crews have been addressing power outage and fluctuations around the island in the wake of Guam being hit by Typhoon Mawar, the public power utility said on May 24.
Google provides electric utilities with advanced solutions like AI-driven energy forecasting, grid optimization tools, and data analytics for improved efficiency. Through platforms like Google Cloud, utilities can leverage machine learning to predict energy demand, integrate renewable energy sources...
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Alabama public power utility Huntsville Utilities and the Tennessee Valley Authority recently announced $100,000 in scholarship funding to train and educate utility lineworkers
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The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a new resource that provides owners, operators, and stakeholders with updated threat information and protective measures that can help improve a substation’s on-site physical security. CISA produced the resource in collaboration with the Department of Energy.
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Texas public power utility Greenville Electric Utility System for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.
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Kevin Maynard, Director of Electric Utilities for the public power community of Marshall, Mich., recently detailed how Marshall will benefit from Ford’s plans to invest $3.5 billion to build the country’s first automaker-backed lithium iron phosphate battery plant in the city.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a July 2021 decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims blocking public power utilities from recovering direct payment bond refunds cut by sequestration.
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The Electric Division of the Town of Danvers, Mass., is spreading the word about electrical safety to community residents through a miniature version of a village that offers a powerful visual tool to illustrate the dangers of electricity.
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A rundown of how much interconnection queues have expanded over the past few decades, including what’s getting added and how wait times have lengthened.