In honor of Women’s History Month, commemorated each March, the American Public Power Association’s Public Power Current newsletter is highlighting women in the high-voltage trades who work for public power utilities across the U.S.
Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Debbie Stabenow. D-Mich., on Feb. 25 introduced legislation that would reinstate the ability to issue tax-exempt advance refunding bonds. The bill is supported by the American Public Power Association.
Joy Ditto explains some of the factors causing the humanitarian, reliability, and financial crisis that stemmed from winter storm Uri in February.
On Feb. 24, the City of Healdsburg plans a virtual ribbon cutting for a 3-megawatt (MW) floating solar project on ponds that hold recycled water at the California city’s wastewater treatment plant.
The Morongo Band of the Mission Indians is on track to become the first Native American tribe to be a participating transmission owner in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) footprint, creating a critical connection to help meet the state’s green energy goals, CAISO reported on Feb. 12.
Rising contributions from variable generation sources, particularly photovoltaic (PV) solar, present challenges but, overall, the Western Interconnection has enough inherent flexibility and ramping ability to manage fluctuations in net load, a new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found.