Energy Storage
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's community choice energy program, CleanPowerSF, has signed a 15-year battery storage contract with the Corby project, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Florida public power utilities have worked around the clock to restore power for customers impacted by Hurricane Idalia and as of the afternoon of Aug. 31 power has been restored to more than 210,000 customers, the Florida Municipal Electric Association reported.
Electricity Markets
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature reached an agreement on a set of proposals from Newsom that, among other things, will allow for the state to create a central buyer to procure clean electricity for the grid.
Transmission
The U.S. Department of Energy on Aug. 29 announced a funding opportunity of up to $300 million in grants for states, tribes, and local governments to accelerate and strengthen electric transmission siting and permitting processes.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority on Aug. 31 announced that a project is in development to add solar to OMPA’s generating resource mix for the first time ever.
Transmission
The SunZia Transmission Project, which will carry up to 4,500 megawatts of primarily renewable energy from New Mexico to markets in Arizona and California, advanced on Sept. 1 with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by several Biden Administration officials.
Energy Storage
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and CMBlu Energy on Aug. 31 announced a pilot project to deploy long-duration energy storage in the Phoenix area.
Electricity Markets
The Balancing Authority of Northern California announced that its Commission has concurred with a staff recommendation to pursue the California Independent System Operator Extended Day-Ahead Market as its preferred option for day-ahead market participation.
Distributed Energy Resources
A 200-megawatt solar energy facility that will supply energy to Michigan public power utilities recently started commercial operations. Located in Calhoun County, Michigan, the Calhoun Solar Energy Center was developed by Invenergy.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Joint action agencies American Municipal Power and the Missouri Public Utility Alliance responded quickly to send crews from member cities to help public power utility City Water Light & Power in Springfield, Ill., restore power in the wake of storms that hit its service territory.