Bonneville Power Administration staff identified governance, resource adequacy requirements and greenhouse gas accounting and other favorable attributes in recommending that BPA participate in a day-ahead energy market and that BPA should join the Southwest Power Pool's Markets+ initiative.

Florida public power utility Kissimmee Utility Authority on April 2 unveiled its electric vehicle charging program for residential customers. Eligible KUA customers must be the property owner or have the written permission of the property owner prior to installation.

Installers have replaced all but 551 of the 51,259 electric meters in Chelan County, Wash., with advanced metering infrastructure, Chelan County PUD said. The $15 million installation of advanced meters began about a year ago. Crews replaced about 1,000 meters a week. The change has been in the works since 2017.

The Department of Energy on April 4 released its final rule on energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers. In relaxing the materials standards and extending the implementation timeline in its final rule, DOE "has demonstrated that it has listened to industry stakeholders and understands the challenge before us,” APPA said.