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The PJM Interconnection Board of Managers has informed stakeholders of its support for undertaking immediate actions to provide for resource adequacy in light of the continuing and rapid tightening of grid power supplies versus growing demand for electricity, PJM said on Dec. 10.
Oregon’s Eugene Water and Electric Board has been awarded $1 million for wildfire resiliency projects in partnership with the Oregon Department of Forestry, McKenzie Fire and Rescue, and Eugene Springfield Fire, EWEB said on Dec. 17.
The text of a government funding agreement released on Dec. 17 does not include S. 4753, the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, legislation that would have expanded the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over public power utilities, electric cooperatives, and federal Power Marketing Administrations -- all three of which are defined as non-jurisdictional entities under Section 201(f) of the Federal Power Act.
Trends identified in the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s 2024 Long-Term Reliability Assessment highlight critical reliability challenges that industry is facing over the next 10 years: satisfying escalating energy growth, managing generator retirements and removing barriers to resource and transmission development, NERC said on Dec. 17.
Effective January 1, 2025, the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority is changing its name to Energy Southeast. This is the first time since the group’s founding in 1981 that it has rebranded. The move follows the success of recent energy initiatives and partnerships that have expanded AMEA’s reach
The U.S. Economic Development Administration announced that the Port of Shelton will be awarded $100,000 to partner with Mason County PUD 3 on the expansion of a substation.
Michigan public power utility Traverse City Light & Power on Dec. 11 announced a plan for the sale of its Cedar Run Road property, a 49-acre parcel located in Garfield Township, to Livwell Homes, LLC based on the proposal received by TCLP.
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Vermont public power utility Stowe Electric Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development recently celebrated the awarding of $6 million in federal funding to support energy initiatives in Stowe, Vermont.
The Long Island Power Authority Board of Trustees on Dec. 18 approved two battery energy storage contracts in Suffolk County: a 79-megawatt facility in Hauppauge and a 50 MW facility in Shoreham.
The Department of Energy has issued a proposed nonavailability waiver applicable to domestically assembled solar PV panels under the Build America Buy American provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.