Generation
Chelan PUD commissioners recently reviewed a preliminary budget that is focused on modernizing the Washington State utility’s two largest hydropower projects -- Rock Island and Rocky Reach.
Electric Vehicles
The Sustainable Action Energy Committee, with RMI and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, has published a guide aimed at supporting local officials responsible for planning and zoning decisions for electric vehicle charging stations.
Bills and Rates
The American Public Power Association is asking its members to join APPA in signing the National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition annual letter in support of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding.
Distributed Energy Resources
Country Acres Clean Power LLC has entered into certain agreements in connection with a new solar and energy storage project under development located in Placer County, California. The agreements include a busbar power purchase agreement with California public power utility Sacramento Municipal Utility District.
Distributed Energy Resources
The City of Fountain, Colo., a public power community, recently provided an update on the city’s Green Power Initiative, which includes a 1.7-megawatt solar array.
Grid Modernization
The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program recently approved $236,000 in grants and scholarships. The action took place at DEED’s Fall 2023 meeting with DEED Directors signing off on funding three grants and ten scholarships. Scholarship funding