Nearly 468,000 MW of new generation capacity is under development in the U.S., which is comparable to the total capacity under development this time last year, the American Public Power Association said.

As operational challenges multiply, some utilities have found drones to be an effective tool to optimize limited resources and maintain safe and reliable service. Many utilities have either hired drone service providers that use professional pilots or started dedicated aviation units with their utility. In contrast, Skydio uses artificial intelligence to interpret the visual data coming from the fisheye cameras that serve as a drone’s “eyes.”

Microsoft has entered an agreement with Brookfield Asset Management and Brookfield Renewable that provides a pathway for Brookfield to deliver more than 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity between 2026 and 2030 in the U.S. and Europe to Microsoft.

Florida public power utility OUC has received the Sustainability and Resiliency Award and the Award of Excellence in Downtown Orlando Partnership’s 2024 Golden Brick Awards, which recognize people, projects and initiatives that propel downtown Orlando, Fla., forward.

California Community Power, a Joint Powers Authority that conducts joint power procurement on behalf of nine California community choice aggregators, and CADEMO Corp., a developer of a first of its kind 60-megawatt floating offshore wind project off the California coast, have executed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the advancement of CADEMO’s project.

The Imperial Irrigation District, a California public power utility, recently detailed how it will deploy $38 million to enhance energy infrastructure and resiliency in the eastern Coachella Valley.