Grid Modernization
Utah public power utility Heber Power & Light and Massachusetts public power utility Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant will participate in projects tied to the Department of Energy’s American-Made Digitizing Utilities Prize.
Energy Storage
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on July 24 announced that New York State will receive U.S. Department of Energy funding for a long-duration energy storage demonstration project that will use fire-safe battery technology.
Generation
Platte River Power Authority’s board of directors approved the utility’s 2024 Integrated Resource Plan on July 25, including the recommended “optimal new carbon” portfolio that adds 760 megawatts of new renewable energy projects between now and 2030.
Electricity Markets
Oregon’s Northern Wasco County PUD has experienced dramatic growth over the last decade and various factors including additional new data center loads are expected to further drive that growth in the next few years, said Roger Kline, General Manager and CEO of the PUD.
Transmission
The Bonneville Power Administration and its customers are implementing a settlement that will set the stage for clearing interconnection queue backlogs and study delays and accelerate the work to address the challenges the region is facing with decarbonization and the buildout of renewable energy resources, it said earlier this month.
Calvin Henze passed away on July 16, 2024, at the age of 100 in New Braunfels, Texas.