Generation
The Texas A&M University System took its first steps toward creating a peaker power network on land it owns across the state to help stabilize the Texas power grid during peak demand, it said on May 29.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Twelve line workers from North Carolina’s Fayetteville Public Works Commission were scheduled to depart on June 1 to spend two weeks to help build electric infrastructure within the Navajo Nation.
Generation
A new report from the Electric Power Research Institute examines power demand from the deployment of artificial intelligence and data centers.
Reliability
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has received a $1.9 million federal grant to help to replace portions of aging natural gas infrastructure.
Distributed Energy Resources
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project is requesting information from solar and/or storage installers, financing entities and any other interested parties regarding the installation of distributed solar and/or energy storage systems interconnected directly to SRP’s distribution system.
Energy Storage
ESS Tech, Inc. and Burbank Water and Power on May 31 celebrated the commissioning of BWP’s first long duration energy storage system.