Electric Vehicles
Part three of the three-part Understanding Trends in Energy Technology Series. Hear the latest on the EV landscape, discuss the critical issues related to customer adoption, the implications for energy and demand growth, and policies and planning models for an optimized EV future.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Michigan public power utilities recently detailed their quick response to storms and tornadoes that hit the state this month.
Transmission
The California Independent System Operator Board of Governors has approved the ISO’s 2024-2025 transmission plan, recommending 31 infrastructure projects to help meet projected load growth and changing grid conditions.
Generation
Energy Northwest and the Bonneville Power Administration said that BPA on May 20 approved implementation of an Extended Power Uprate project that increases the output of Columbia Generating Station, which is the Pacific Northwest’s third largest generating resource and only operating nuclear energy plant.
Community Engagement
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Distributed Energy Resources
Kansas Municipal Energy Agency, the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative Inc. have signed a power purchase agreement with Ninnescah Flats Solar LLC.
Distributed Energy Resources
EnergyRe, an American-led developer of large-scale renewable energy projects, has signed a renewable energy agreement which allows Google to invest in and purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from a portfolio of more than 600 MW of new solar and solar with storage projects being developed by energyRe in South Carolina.
Generation
Grant PUD Commissioners discussed proposed changes during their meeting on May 13 to Grant PUD’s application process for customers requesting loads of 500 kilowatts or higher.
Energy Storage
OCI Energy and Texas public power utility CPS Energy, along with LG Energy Solutions' U.S. energy storage division, LG Energy Solution Vertech, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on May 26 to memorialize their collaboration on the Alamo City Battery Energy Storage System project.
Electricity Markets
The Midcontinent ISO on May 25 issued a load shed request (temporary power outages) of approximately 600 MW in Louisiana to investor-owned utilities Entergy and Cleco Power to maintain the reliability of the bulk electric system.