The American Public Power Association, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Large Public Power Council (LPPC), and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) recently submitted a letter supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding modernization of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Electricity Markets
In a series of posts on its website, the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation details the various factors driving power in layman’s terms as part of a proactive effort to cut through the complexities of electricity markets and educate customers.
Generation
Aligned Data Centers and Calibrant Energy on Oct. 22 announced a first-of-its-kind agreement under which Calibrant will deliver a 31 MW/62 MWh battery energy storage system at Aligned’s data center campus in the Pacific Northwest.
Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘A’ rating of Heartland Energy with a stable outlook.
Energy Storage
Texas public power utility Austin Energy is taking a major step forward in meeting the City’s climate and reliability goals, agreeing to a large-scale battery storage contract with Jupiter Power to provide up to 100 megawatts of electricity from a utility-scale battery storage facility, the utility said on Oct. 23.
Workforce
Public power utilities across the U.S. highlighted the wide variety of job opportunities in the utility sector during Careers in Energy Week, which took place October 20-24.