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Goldman Sachs Research is forecasting global power demand from data centers will increase 50% by 2027 and by as much as 165% by the end of the decade (compared with 2023).
Several energy providers launched their plan to provide long-term electric reliability for customers by developing the Upper Midwest’s first 765-kilovolt transmission project, “which will meet the significant growth in electricity use projected in the coming decades and improve access to new energy sources needed to serve communities throughout the region,” they said on Feb. 10.
LUMA, which operates and manages the electric power transmission and distribution system in Puerto Rico, recently announced an agreement with Linxon US LLC and their partner AtkinsRéalis Caribe, to build nine energy interconnection points.
ISO New England’s Day-Ahead Ancillary Services Market, designed to ensure sufficient energy and reserves to meet customer demand throughout the operating day, goes live Feb. 28.
Scott Corwin is the President & CEO of the American Public Power Association. He previously served as executive director of the Northwest Public Power Association where he worked on behalf of utility and associate members in ten western states and British Columbia. Prior to NWPPA, he served as the
Elective pay tax credits ensure that tax-based federal energy incentives are available to all electric utilities. Without elective payment, local communities pay for projects through power purchase agreements, but banks and large corporations get the tax benefits instead. Elective pay gives public
Lengthy and unpredictable permitting processes make it more difficult and costly for utilities to invest in needed generation, distribution, and transmission infrastructure. Customers ultimately pay the high cost of slow, cumbersome permitting rules. Federal policymakers should streamline permitting
Community-owned public power utilities want their customers to have access to affordable broadband services Local control of public power pole attachments is being falsely portrayed as the main barrier to broadband deployment Local control ensures electric customers do not subsidize for-profit
There is strong interest in Congress and the Biden Administration in addressing climate change Federal efforts to address climate change must be done on an economy-wide basis, remain technology neutral, and set realistic emission reduction targets
The Stillwater Electric Utility, the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma’s electric department, earned the Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma Inc. first-place award in the annual Electric Operations and Reliability Competition, for the second year in a row, and a first-place award for safety.