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An energy storage facility in California powered by used electric vehicle batteries has begun operation. The 12-megawatt hour facility in Santa Barbara County near the community of New Cuyama, was developed by B2U Storage Solutions, based in Lancaster, California. The facility uses hundreds of
The Board of Directors for California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District recently voted to award a $60,500 contract to NV5 for a Battery Energy Storage System assessment, which is a key first step to designing, locating and constructing a BESS project in Truckee, and separately adopted a proposed two-year rate design.
GE Vernova’s hydro power business has been selected by Washington State public power utility Tacoma Power to refurbish two 27 MW/33 MVA turbine and generator units at the Cushman II hydropower plant, out of the three units installed at the site.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas voted to immediately implement a new Emergency Pricing Program for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power region.
Missouri River Energy Services, in collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute and with funding from the American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy Efficiency and Development program, recently completed a study exploring how indoor agriculture, or controlled environment
Officials from public power utilities and the American Public Power Association recently participated in a Department of Energy event led by security experts from DOE National Labs who offer hands-on training in areas of operational technology, incident coordination, malware analysis and more.
The Northeast Power Coordinating Council has begun a study of fuel constraints in the Northeast and their potential effects on electric generation in the region.
The American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on Dec. 1 sent a joint letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm voicing concern about a recently released document, “U.S. Government Commitments in Support of the Columbia River Basin Restoration Initiative and in Partnership with the Six Sovereigns.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Dec. 1 issued a decision that involves changes to the PJM Interconnection’s mandatory capacity construct that PJM filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in July 2021.
The Bureau of Land Management on Nov. 30 announced that it will begin assessing targeted updates to energy corridors across the West in order to help speed deployment of transmission infrastructure.