Transmission
The Bonneville Power Administration recently launched a new program that it said will significantly streamline the process to replace pre-existing wood poles to minimize potential infrastructure failure and improve reliability of BPA's grid.
Reliability
Chelan PUD’s North Shore substation is now serving customers, “providing more flexibility and reliability for years to come in the growing communities of Chelan and Manson,” the PUD said on Sept. 3.
Generation
Washington State’s Grant County PUD has 75 applications for new and expanding power service from large load customers in a queue maintained by the PUD’s Large Power Solutions team.
Distributed Energy Resources
Arevon Energy hosted a groundbreaking event on Aug. 21 to celebrate the start of construction on the company’s Ratts 1 Solar Project in Indiana.
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency on Aug. 30 published in the Federal Register a final rule related to stationary combustion engine electronic reporting.
Grid Modernization
In a recent Q&A with the American Public Power Association, Tom McKee, electric utility director for the city of Cartersville, Ga., a public power community, provided details on the city’s advanced metering infrastructure project and discussed the utility’s efforts to maintain high levels of reliability.
Staff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Aug. 26 offered recommendations to help users, owners and operators of the bulk electric system improve compliance with mandatory Critical Infrastructure Protection reliability standards and overall cybersecurity postures.
Reliability
Staff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Aug. 26 offered recommendations to help users, owners and operators of the bulk electric system improve compliance with mandatory Critical Infrastructure Protection reliability standards and overall cybersecurity postures.
Generation
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Sept. 4 announced that Orano USA has selected Oak Ridge, Tenn., as the preferred site to construct a new, multi-billion-dollar, state-of-the-art centrifuge uranium enrichment facility.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Biden-Harris administration on Sept. 5 announced the approval of a Maryland offshore wind project.