A draft report prepared by the Brattle Group for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority said that advanced nuclear technologies “could offer attractive possibilities for New York, with its scalability, economic development, low land use, and potential applications of process heat” and may represent an opportunity for additional grid capacity “to support an electrifying economy, that can complement New York’s buildout of renewables.”

Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced on Sept. 6 the selection of 2,878 megawatts of offshore wind in the first coordinated procurement of its kind.

The California Independent System Operator on Sept. 7 issued a heat bulletin due to the continuance of above-normal temperatures and increased electricity demand into this week for California.

Louisiana public power utility Lafayette Utilities System recently received approval from the Lafayette, La., City Council to donate 130 poles to the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority as part of the Light Up Navajo initiative.

Bandera Electric Cooperative, in collaboration with the Lower Colorado River Authority, recently announced that its aggregated distributed energy resource program, known as a virtual power plant, successfully qualified for participation in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas wholesale power market.

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