With a central Massachusetts territory that’s heavily wooded, Littleton Electric Light and Water Department (LELWD) needed to find ways to ensure that storms wouldn’t cause outages when trees fell on overhead cables.

At its June 2 meeting, the Board of Directors for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas voted to approve a “Batch Zero Process for Large Load Interconnections.”

The U.S. Energy Information Administration is projecting record-high natural gas consumption by the U.S. electric power sector for the summer of 2027, primarily driven by increasing sales of electricity to the commercial and industrial sectors in the West South Central and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Voltus, a virtual power plant operator and distributed energy resource platform, on June 2 announced a Bring Your Own CapacityTM three-year agreement with Google.

Grant County PUD Commissioners recently authorized General Manager and CEO John Mertlich on behalf of Grant PUD to participate in the Mid-C Geothermal Interlocal Cooperative Agreement with Chelan and Douglas County PUDs.

Massachusetts public power utility Middleborough Gas and Electric Department marked a significant milestone in the construction of its new Electric Division Building with a traditional topping off ceremony on May 15.