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Reliability
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.
Community Engagement
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
Reliability
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.
Reliability
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.
Energy Storage
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.
Distributed Energy Resources
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.
Reliability
In an action to secure the long-term reliability of water and power service, the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors today passed a resolution committing to modernize its critical infrastructure by 2040.
Generation
​​​​​​​As the end of 2024 approaches, recent announcements and a look back at the year shows electric utility interest in natural gas generation remains stronger than ever and this interest is coming from not only public power utilities, but also electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities.
Reliability
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Dec. 19 proposed to approve the first of an expected suite of new reliability standards “to protect the grid as the nation makes the transition to expanded use of clean energy technologies.”