FirstLight, a clean power producer, developer and energy storage company, on Jan. 29 announced the expansion of the company’s landmark municipal utility power purchase agreement with Energy New England.

Utilities and grid operators are focused on making sure the electric grid can always meet demand. This is called resource adequacy. Ensuring resource adequacy involves short- and long-term planning, coordination, and maintenance. Here’s a breakdown of key factors and challenges behind resource

The Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 28 issued its proposal to approve interstate transport state implementation plan (SIP) submissions from eight states -- Alabama, Arizona, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, and Tennessee -- for the 2015 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS).

A look at how and where data centers are affecting the capacity landscape and what public power is doing in the face of these new large loads.

Coldwater Board of Public Utilities, a Michigan public power utility, has deployed artificial intelligence to predict and get ahead of grid outages. In an interview with APPA, CBPU Utility Director Paul Jakubczak outlined how AI is allowing the utility prevent service outages, advance grid

While impacted public power utilities, investor-owned electric companies and electric cooperatives have already restored power to nearly 750,000 customers as of 9:00 a.m. (ET) on Jan. 29 in the wake of Winter Storm Fern, work continues around-the-clock, especially in the communities that saw between 1 and 2 inches of destructive ice accumulations.