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Colorado Springs Utilities has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to pursue a project under which the public power utility will partner with NREL to test a section of its grid where a small-scale microgrid is planned for its Mesa Campus, which includes renewable energy sources such as solar, battery energy storage systems, and a public EV charging station.
Energy New England President and CEO John Tzimorangas was joined by other utility industry, legal and environmental members from Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s Massachusetts Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting for an Environmental Business Council of New England report-out and review of the Commission’s recommendations.
A new interactive decision framework released by the Lawence Berkeley National Laboratory is designed to provide utilities, states, and stakeholders with a shared understanding as more states adopt distribution planning requirements.
The New York Power Authority and Tennessee public power utilities CDE Lightband and EPB have earned the American Public Power Association’s 2024 Energy Innovator Award.
The Board of Directors for Florida public power utility Kissimmee Utility Authority approved a $293 million operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2025.
In a first-of-its-kind study, analysts from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and consulting firm Sharply Focused examined whether increasing levels of wind and solar make it more challenging to reliably operate the power system during extreme weather events and if these renewable technologies change what types of weather events are considered “extreme” based on their impact to grid operations.
For the second meeting in a row, the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency Board in June approved contracts from 10 agency members seeking to extend their beneficial relationship with IMEA through 2055, IMEA said.
Identifying and closing cyber vulnerabilities before malicious actors can take advantage of gaps in utilities’ security must be a high priority, a panel of representatives from the Department of Energy and two public power utilities said during a session at APPA’s National Conference in San Diego, Calif., last month.
Austin Energy on July 9 said it is sending 20 lineworkers and support personnel to the Houston area to help with restoration efforts in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which left more than two million people without power.