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Troy Adams, General Manager of Wisconsin public power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities, recently met with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Peter Buttigieg. Among other things, Adams shared with Buttigieg the status of MPU’s project to convert two coal-fired power plants to run on densified biomass fuel derived from clean industrial waste.
The Florida Municipal Power Agency on Aug. 9 announced it has taken ownership of natural gas combined cycle generation plant, operated in Bartow, Florida. The facility is immediately available and ready for dispatch.
Power outages, wildfires, rooftop solar systems, and demand response programs create a need for utilities to communicate with customers quickly and clearly. Utilizing omnichannel communication systems can help ensure customers stay in the know and also help utilities respond to the many outage-related calls and emails from customers.
By Joe Cocklin, Manager, Rates & Analytics, Lincoln Electric System, Nebraska In late 2015, after experiencing flattening load growth for several years despite customer growth, Lincoln Electric System (LES) undertook a project to assess the recovery of fixed costs through a restructuring of its non
by Kevin Kelly, Manager (retired), Groton Electric Light Department, Massachusetts GELD’s mission statement is “to provide our customers with reliable power and excellent service at affordable prices.” In pursuit of that mission, GELD received a Gold Public Power Customer Satisfaction Award in 2023
Independent power producer Calpine on Aug. 7 announced that it has executed a cost share agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations for the Sutter Decarbonization Project, a full-scale carbon capture demonstration project at its Sutter Energy Center in California.
South Dakota-based Heartland Energy recently provided details on the joint action agency’s strategic plan.
Massachusetts public power utility Holden Municipal Light Department and Lightshift Energy, an energy storage project developer, owner and operator, on Aug. 12 hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of Lightshift’s newest battery storage project in Holden, Massachusetts, which will serve HMLD and its customers.
In late July, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority announced that the WAPA Governing Board appointed Karl Knight as the new CEO/Executive Director of the Authority.
The New York Power Authority received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration granting NYPA license to conduct fully remote unmanned aircraft operations beyond the visual line of sight of observers in any unrestricted airspace, or Class G, without prior approval.