Following months of engagement and negotiation, the Markets+ Greenhouse Gas Task Force recently approved protocol language that defines the mechanisms that Markets+ will use to track and report on greenhouse gas emissions.

The Florida Municipal Electric Association recently detailed the progress made in power restoration efforts by public power utility crews in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 27 signed into law a bill that would authorize the California Energy Commission to require any weight class of battery electric vehicle to be bidirectional-capable if it determines there is a sufficiently compelling beneficial bidirectional-capable use case to the BEV operator and electric grid.

ITC Midwest, ATC and Dairyland Power Cooperative on Sept. 27 said they have completed the western half of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line Project, allowing the entire 102-mile line to be placed in service on Sept. 26, 2024.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Sept. 27 said that it was delaying the offshore wind energy auction planned for potential lease areas offshore Oregon “due to insufficient bidder interest at this time.”

South Carolina’s Santee Cooper on Sept. 27 said that Hurricane Helene created a significant event on the Santee Cooper electric system.