In the wake of two major storms hitting the Imperial Irrigation District service area on Sunday, Aug. 24, and torrential rains and winds brought into the area the afternoon and evening of Monday, Aug. 25, the California public power utility has been working around the clock to return power service to customers, it said on Aug. 27.

Santee Cooper has secured final approval for 14 projects, totaling $6.9 million in funding, submitted to its Grid Resilience Grant Program last year by electric cooperatives and municipal and other utilities from across South Carolina.

PJM and stakeholders recently began work to explore sub-annual capacity market constructs in the newly established Sub-Annual Capacity Market Senior Task Force.

Caterpillar Inc. and Hunt Energy Company, L.P. on Aug. 21 announced a long-term strategic collaboration agreement to deliver power solutions for data centers.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and Hitachi Energy officials announced on Aug. 20 that the company is expanding manufacturing operations in Alamo, Tennessee.

ISO New England has released its initial proposal for Regional Energy Shortfall Threshold (REST) metrics that will help the region assess the grid’s ability to deliver energy during extreme weather conditions, it said on Aug. 22.