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Grid Modernization
A Bryan Municipal Utilities advanced metering infrastructure project “has been a testament to our employees’ dedication and desire to see this project through,” said Derek Schultz, Director of Utilities for the Ohio public power utility in a recent Q&A with Public Power Current. He also detailed how the utility has maintained high levels of reliability.
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Energy Efficiency
Scott Corwin, APPA’s president and CEO, on the various forms of efficiency that support public power’s successful operations.
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Grid Modernization
As applications for artificial intelligence proliferate, how utilities can better understand the technologies available, how to use it safely, and when to keep tasks human-only.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
How the Public Power Mutual Aid Network keeps improving, and why continuing to grow utility involvement is key to its success.
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Environment
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project announced on April 17 that Apple has joined as a partner supporting SRP’s Resilient Water and Forest Initiative, part of a continuing effort to ensure water resiliency.
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Reliability
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission announced a set of actions in response to the power outages over the weekend of April 6-7 and Xcel Energy’s deployment of a precautionary outage that impacted tens of thousands of residents.
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Transmission
A coalition of New England states jointly submitted two applications to secure federal funding to support investments in large-scale transmission and energy storage infrastructure to enhance grid reliability and resilience across the region.
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Reliability
Guam Power Authority recently met with Aggreko to address the increasing demand for energy on Guam. The collaboration between GPA and Aggreko aims to ensure that temporary power is available by July 10, 2024.
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Electricity Markets
The New York Independent System Operator recently launched a first-in-the-nation program to integrate aggregations into the wholesale electric markets of distributed energy resources, such as small-scale solar arrays, residential batteries, and electric vehicles.