Reliability
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has published its Interregional Transfer Capability Study Canadian Analysis of transfer capability between transmission planning regions and the reliability benefits of enhancing cross-provincial and cross-border transmission.
Electricity Markets
Oregon public power utility Northern Wasco County PUD on April 28 announced a strategic realignment of its Power Resources Division (PRD) to address increasing regional growth and prepare for future energy challenges.
Reliability
How trends in utility reliability indices over the last decade show a clear advantage for public power customers in terms of less outage time and fewer overall outages.
Generation
Holtec International on May 1 reported that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the state of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of SMR-300s in Utah and the broader Mountain West region.
Energy Storage
Quino Energy, a company developing water-based flow batteries, and Long Hill Energy Partners, a California-based clean energy developer, have been awarded $10 million in grant funding through the California Energy Commission Energy Research and Development Division’s Electric Program Investment Charge Program.
Workforce
The Public Service Commission of Yazoo City, Miss., on April 24 announced the launch of a hands-on computer training initiative designed specifically for its field employees.
Reliability
MGM Transformers and VanTran Transformers recently announced the opening of their new 430,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Waco, Texas.
Reliability
Given that the cost of transformers has almost doubled in the past five years and the lead time to have one delivered is now more than 120 weeks, it is important that Washington State’s Grant PUD has a proactive plan to begin scheduling replacement of transformers at a rate of two a year, Kasey Grant, Manager of Asset Management Strategy and Planning at the PUD, recently said.
Electricity Markets
A new report from ISO New England projects the region’s annual electricity consumption will increase by about 11% over the next decade, driven primarily by the electrification of heating systems and transportation.