people
Workforce
The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) and the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) on Aug. 12 announced a strategic curriculum-focused partnership to address workforce development needs in the energy sector.
lake
Community Engagement
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project recently donated 175 life jackets to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Lake Patrol for distribution across the county’s five lakes.
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Community Engagement
Minnesota public power utility Rochester Public Utilities, with full support from the RPU Board, has engaged GreatBlue Research to conduct a customer survey aimed at guiding key decisions that will shape the future of local utility services.
pipeline
Generation
Hope Utilities on Aug. 14 announced an agreement to construct a natural gas pipeline to supply a fuel cell project being developed by American Electric Power to power a data center in central Ohio.
microgrid
Reliability
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality State Energy Office is investing $5 million in permanent and mobile microgrids that will provide accessible power in the wake of future weather disasters, it said on Aug. 12.
substation
Reliability
Mason County PUD No. 3 recently provided an update on its Belfair electrical upgrade project to increase resiliency, reliability, and capacity for North Mason, Washington, customers.
power lines
Generation
The Oregon Department of Energy recently released a draft Oregon Energy Strategy for public comment.
grid
Generation
To address the urgent challenges posed by the rapid growth of large, power-dense loads, particularly artificial intelligence data centers and crypto mining operations, the University of Texas at Austin recently convened a “Large Load Symposium.”
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Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection has launched the second phase of its new planning tool, NextGen.
transmission towers
Electricity Markets
In a recent interview with APPA, Doug Buresh, President and CEO of the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency, details the key benefits that the joint action agency offers to its All Requirements members.