The North American Electric Reliability Corporation on April 10 filed the proposed Reliability Standard EOP-012-3 – Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness and Operations with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on April 7 announced that the Eastern Sierra snowpack measured 91% of normal, ensuring reliable water supplies through the city’s most cost-effective source, the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued a Request for Information for the development of transmission infrastructure and qualified renewable energy generation projects to transmit electricity from Northern Maine to the ISO New England system.

Oregon public power utility Eugene Water & Electric Board has significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from its operations, achieving a 55% reduction since 2010, according to data in the customer-owned utility’s Climate Guidebook, it reported in late March.

A 19-year Grant PUD employee with ample insights into energy-trading markets and the changing utility environment has been named to lead the team researching investments in new sources of energy to power Grant County into the future, the Washington State PUD said on April 3.

Michigan Public Power Agency, a municipal power joint action agency, on April 7 announced that it has commenced a power purchase agreement for a 25-megawatt portion of the 125 MW Brandt Woods solar project in Calhoun County.