grid
Electricity Markets
Kansas-based KPP Energy is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a municipal energy agency in 2025.
bill
Bills and Rates
Commissioners for South Carolina’s Commission of Public Works recently approved a $112 million operating budget which included no rate increases for Greer CPW utilities in fiscal year 2025.
grid
Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has, once again, affirmed Illinois Municipal Electric Agency’s long-term debt with an “AA-" rating and a Stable Outlook.
people
Electricity Markets
Darrell Hahn, electric utilities director for Longmont Power & Communications, was appointed to Platte River Power Authority’s Board of Directors by Longmont City Council on Oct. 22. He is the third new member to join the wholesale power provider’s board this year.
data
Generation
The White House Task Force on AI Datacenter Infrastructure recently convened experts from power companies, grid operators, software companies, NGOs, and other stakeholders to explore how advanced computing and software solutions, including artificial intelligence, can accelerate grid integration of clean energy.
bill
Customer Service
In addition to manipulating phone numbers to make calls appear as if they are from Grays Harbor PUD, scammers are now using artificial intelligence to create messages that mimic the voices of PUD staff, the Washington State PUD said on Oct. 28. “If scammers can get a hold of a short voice sample of
solar
Distributed Energy Resources
Grant PUD staff is proposing to sign a 5-year contract with Goose Prairie Solar, LLC, to purchase 80 megawatts of power from the company’s solar-generation plant in Moxee, southeast of Yakima, Wash.
grid
Reliability
Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, in collaboration with its parent company Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in Japan, announced an $86 million investment in advanced switchgear production and power electronics in the U.S. "This investment is driven by the increasing demand for transmission and distribution grid products as the U.S. moves toward renewable energy and decarbonization goals," it said.
hydro
Generation
A new study addresses the value propositions of adding battery storage to hydropower plants.
grid
Electricity Markets
Results of a supplemental study examining potential costs and benefits of joining a day-ahead energy market have not shifted the Bonneville Power Administration's staff recommendation to join the Southwest Power Pool's Markets+.