Energy Storage
Ameresco on July 8 announced it has signed a contract with Snohomish County Public Utility District to construct a battery energy storage system with a 20-year guaranteed capacity of 25 megawatts and 100 megawatt-hours.
Transmission
Ten Northeast states signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a framework for coordinating their activities to improve interregional transmission planning and development.
Generation
President Biden on July 9 signed legislation into law that is intended to modernize the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regulatory frameworks and spur the deployment of advanced nuclear reactors.
Reliability
A few key stats on how trees affect electric reliability, and how much utilities invest in vegetation management.
Reliability
In a recent Q&A with Public Power Current, Scott Hughes, Power Director for Hurricane City, Utah, detailed why the city pursued construction of a new substation, which was completed last month, and detailed the steps taken by the city’s public power utility to earn a Reliable Public Power Provider designation from APPA.
Workforce
The Tennessee Valley Authority on July 25 will host the first-ever Tennessee Valley Women’s Policy Summit, in conjunction with Engage, which is a bipartisan women’s organization.
Insights from select individual recipients of the American Public Power Association’s 2024 national awards on what it takes to create and keep a utility culture that is ready for the challenges and changes ahead.
Security
Understanding the nature of recent physical attacks on the grid, and how public power can learn from each other for improved security.
Reliability
The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District board of directors approved the purchase of a new transformer for the Jeffrey hydro plant during its July board meeting.
Reliability
How public power utilities are preparing their systems for prolonged heat waves and other weather events that threaten reliability.