Bills and Rates
Part of the Spring Education Institute. Learn all about cost of service, from basic concepts to leveraging data for decision making.
Bonds and Financing
Part of the Spring Education Institute. Explore the ins and outs of cost of service — from key concepts to the nuts and bolts of working through a cost of service model.
Workforce
Featuring nine in-depth, interactive, accredited courses for public power professionals in a variety of key operational areas.
Reliability
Lightshift Energy, in partnership with Massachusetts public power utility Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department and the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, on July 31announced the commercial operation of a five-megawatt battery energy storage system that will power two Wakefield high schools and operate as a resilient, grid-connected microgrid.
Reliability
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) extended their commitment to partner on strategic forest thinning projects through 2030.
Distributed Energy Resources
Texas public power utility CPS Energy has issued a request for proposals to acquire up to 400 megawatts of wind energy through one or more power purchase agreements.
Generation
Constellation and GridBeyond are collaborating to use GridBeyond’s artificial intelligence-powered predictive analytics platform to help business customers in the PJM Interconnection cut costs by reducing energy use during peak periods, the companies said on July 31.
Generation
Calpine on July 30 announced a new 190-megawatt agreement with Dallas-based CyrusOne, a global data center developer and operator, to serve a new data center adjacent to the Thad Hill Energy Center in Bosque County, Texas.
Generation
Helion, a Washington-based fusion energy company, on July 30 announced that it has begun work on the site of its first fusion power plant, Orion, marking a major step in bringing fusion electricity to the grid. Located in Chelan County, Washington, the site was chosen for its ready access to transmission and legacy of energy innovation.
Bonds and Financing
The New York Power Authority has officially brought prepay electricity bonds to the state for the first time -- unlocking 10% savings for customers on renewable power purchase agreements.