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Community Engagement
Learn how to use and get the most out of our new community platform, APPA Engage. Join this informative, free webinar to walk through how to use the various features available to ask questions, share, and tap into the collective knowledge of the community.
Reliability
As operational challenges multiply, some utilities have found drones to be an effective tool to optimize limited resources and maintain safe and reliable service.
Reliability
A shorter lead time for a transformer needed for a new substation project was cited as a key reason for why the City Council of Harbor Springs, Mich., recently signed off on a transformer bid. The City Council took the action at a June 3 meeting.
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 11 accepted proposed revisions to the California ISO’s open access transmission tariff to implement an Extended Day-Ahead Market access charge as outlined by the California grid operator in April 2024.
Community Engagement
Safety for employees at Missouri public power utility Marshall Municipal Utilities “is something we stress day in and day out” and being able to sustain a strong safety record has been achieved thanks to the dedication of its employees, as well as support from the utility’s Board of Public Works, said Jeff Bergstrom, General Manager for the utility, in a recent Q&A with Public Power Current.
Electricity Markets
Nicholas Lawler, general manager of Littleton Electric Light and Water in Littleton, Massachusetts, was installed as chair of the American Public Power Association Board of Directors during APPA’s National Conference in San Diego, Calif., on June 12. "It’s an honor to be installed today as APPA
Transmission
A comprehensive package of reforms to accelerate the efficient and cost-effective interconnection of new generating resources to the grid was approved June 12 by the California Independent System Operator’s Board of Governors.
Energy Storage
The Clean Power Alliance Board of Directors has approved two 20-year power purchase agreements with BHE Renewables, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy.
Energy Storage
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on June 12 announced over $5 million is now available for long duration energy storage projects through New York State’s Renewable Optimization and Energy Storage Innovation Program.
Electricity Markets
The American Public Power Association is seeking rehearing of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order No. 1920 on the narrow issue of its decision to exclude public power from the definition of “Relevant State Entities.”