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The Florida Municipal Power Association recently held a substation roundtable that tackled a number of topics. Specific topics discussed at the roundtable were fault location, isolation, and service restoration (FLISR), static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), human performance indicators, and substation robotics.
The American Public Power Association is seeking nominations to fill two vacant seats due to the resignation of Travis “Bear” Prairie, Idaho Falls Power, Idaho, Region 9, and the election of Dan Beans, Roseville Electric Utility, California, Region 6, to Vice Chair of the APPA Board of Directors.
The Oregon Department of Energy recently released a draft Oregon Energy Strategy for public comment.
Ormat Technologies on Aug. 25 announced that it signed a 25-year extension to its existing power purchase agreement with the Southern California Public Power Authority for 52 megawatts from the Heber 1 geothermal facility.
The JEA Board of Directors voted unanimously on Aug. 26 to approve a plan for the utility to build a combined cycle natural gas facility at the former St. Johns River Power Park site.
The American Public Power Association recently shared several new energy storage resources and opportunities.
The Bonneville Power Administration's third quarter financial report indicates the agency's fiscal position remains positive.
Silicon Ranch will partner with Columbia-based Central Electric Power Cooperative to build a 100-megawatt solar farm that will support Meta’s first data center in South Carolina. Silicon Ranch will fund, build, own and operate the facility in coordination with Santee Cooper.
The Midcontinent ISO on Aug. 26 shared the list of applications submitted to date for the Expedited Resource Addition Study, which includes 47 projects across 12 states, representing more than 26,500 megawatts of proposed new capacity.
These days, energy sector headlines involving artificial intelligence are focused on how utilities can meet the significant power demand of data centers, but perhaps lost in the shuffle is how AI is being applied to the building sector to boost energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.