Washington, D.C.
Security
An executive order recently issued by President Biden directs various federal agencies to examine the impacts that artificial intelligence could have across the economy and includes directives relevant to the electric utility sector. Biden issued the “ Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and
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Reliability
The Board of Directors for California public power utility Imperial Irrigation District recently approved four separate agreements to build new and upgrade existing electrical substations “that will energize development projects in the City of Indio through an innovative and new joint electric financing authority,” IID said on Oct. 31.
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A Q&A with Scott Corwin, who started as American Public Power Association’s president and CEO in August 2023.
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Distributed Energy Resources
Orsted recently announced the cancellation of two wind projects totaling 2,248 megawatts that were slated to be built in waters off the New Jersey coast. At the same time, the Danish developer also released updates on its other offshore wind project along the Eastern Seaboard, including a final
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Reliability
In 2022, the transformer at the Eugene Water and Electric Board’s River Road substation in Oregon experienced equipment failure and was deemed no longer fit for service. Since that time, the power for roughly 3,000 customers has been rerouted through other substations, thanks to EWEB's robust
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Distributed Energy Resources
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released a digital tool to analyze the ability of a photovoltaic energy storage system to provide backup power during short-duration interruptions.