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The Imperial Irrigation District on Oct. 20 said it is determined to move forward with its long-term plans to strengthen the reliability of its electric service through major projects aimed at bolstering grid reliability to meet growing energy demands.
Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD received the Outstanding Stewards of America’s Waters (OSAW) Award for Operational Excellence at the Clean Currents Conference in Pittsburgh this month.
For water and electric utilities, it is critical to communicate with customers about potential leaks, rate changes and outages. Speed and clarity are essential to ensuring water is not wasted and customers know about outages. This boosts customer satisfaction. The use of texting by the City of Bryan, Texas, and Bryan Texas Utilities has yielded a wide range of benefits.
Speaking at a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission technical conference on Oct. 21, Northern California Power Agency General Manager Randy Howard said that the electric utility industry has been working collaboratively when it comes to wildfire mitigation efforts.
Energy Northwest on Oct. 23 announce that it is in negotiations with Cascade Nuclear Partners, an equal joint venture comprised of Kiewit Nuclear Solutions Co., Black & Veatch and Aecon, to collaboratively complete the planning, design, and construction of the first four of 12 Xe-100 SMRs under a progressive design-build model.
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Governing Board unanimously approved several infrastructure initiatives aimed at improving reliability, resilience, and efficiency across the Territory’s power system.
The City of Rochester, Minnesota, and Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) have each been awarded funding through the Minnesota Solar on Public Buildings Program to install new solar energy systems on the rooftops of their facilities.
At its September 18 meeting, the WPPI Energy Board of Directors re-elected Michael Avanzi (Kaukauna Utilities), Steve Brooks (Waupun Utilities), Casey Engebretson (Black River Falls Municipal Utilities) and Melanie Krause (Menasha Utilities) to three-year terms on the organization’s 11-member Executive Committee.
All high pressure sodium street light fixtures within the City on Manitowoc, Wisconsin, have now been upgraded to LED.
APPA recently released an update of its permitting reform principles outlining its specific objectives in streamlining federal permitting.