The costs to interconnect wind, solar and storage projects in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) region have nearly doubled and, in some cases, nearly tripled over the last 18 years, according to a study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
This report summarizes a six-month effort to better understand the role that energy storage technologies can play in enabling public power utilities to lower barriers to energy storage integration with...
A recent fire at a battery storage facility in California is bringing fresh attention to safety issues tied to energy storage as the technology grows in deployment across the U.S.
The Rate Design Interest Group is where public power professionals can connect to learn about various trends and topics in utility rate design. APPA hosts quarterly webinars for members featuring a range of expert guest speakers. Past webinar topics include transactive energy rates, communicating
An American Public Power Association (APPA) survey of its members shows that production of distribution transformers is not meeting current demand, “as evident in the significantly growing lead times, lack of stock in yards and the high number of project deferrals,” APPA said.
SPONSORED ADVERTISING FEATURE Faced with growing concerns about power supply options, some public power communities in the Western U.S. are embracing a new, innovative nuclear technology option by signing on to a small modular reactor (SMR) project in Idaho. So far, over two dozen members of Utah