The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently issued an order affirming the small utility opt-in feature supported by the American Public Power Association of a final rule that allows for distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators to compete in regional organized wholesale electric markets.
Congress and other federal agencies need to take action to keep pace with the nation’s evolving electric power grid, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Across the country, a new generation of female engineers is making its mark at public power utilities. For many, their path to engineering began at a young age, with their interest sparked by a math teacher in high school, a high school introduction to engineering course or discovering a love for fixing things.
Compute North is expanding its operations in Kearney, Nebraska, potentially adding as much as 70 megawatts (MW) to Nebraska Public Power District’s (NPPD) load. The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company, which provides energy-intensive computing capacity for blockchain, cryptocurrency mining, and other
The recent winter storm in Texas left dozens of people dead, more than 3 million people without power, and nearly 15 million people with undrinkable water, damaged homes and economic distress from high energy bills.
An overview of five different sources providing financial assistance to utility customers having difficulty paying their bills.