Bills and Rates
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
Bills and Rates
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.
Community Engagement
South Dakota-based Heartland Energy recently provided details on the joint action agency’s strategic plan.
Energy Storage
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.
Electricity Markets
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.
Reliability
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.
Electricity Markets
Sixty-one percent of Americans believe that artificial intelligence systems will prove to be valuable for their household electricity usage, according to the latest survey from the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative.
Distributed Energy Resources
A new report says that 7.3 gigawatts direct current of total new community solar installations are expected to come online in existing state markets by 2029 in the U.S.
Silicon Valley Clean Energy, a California community choice aggregator, has issued a 2024 Request for Offers for carbon free energy and standalone energy storage.