grid
Transmission
If all the high-voltage transmission currently under construction and in advanced stages of permitting is built by 2030 in the Western U.S. -- enabling the construction of new renewable energy projects -- carbon dioxide emissions in the Western United States would drop by 73 percent compared to 2005, a new report issued by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found.
grid
Electricity Markets
The California Independent System Operator will soon unveil a new Grid Resource Interconnection Portal and a Points of Interconnection Heatmap.
grid
Bonds and Financing
Moody’s Ratings and the Kroll Bond Rating Agency have both upgraded their ratings on the New York Power Authority’s revenue bonds.
nuke
Generation
Public power utility Idaho Falls Power on Sept. 16 announced that it is negotiating a power purchase agreement with Aalo Atomics, a nuclear engineering company developing small-scale, factory-built modular nuclear reactors.
fire
Reliability
The effectiveness of a fire-resistant wrap on Bonneville Power Administration wood poles was exhibited during the Wacoa-Swawilla Fire in late July, when a large fire broke out on the Colville Reservation near Keller, Wash.
grid
The President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) recently released a report that offers a set of recommendations aimed at addressing the country’s ongoing power transformer shortage.