The Connecticut Senate Energy and Technology Committee on March 21 passed a bill that would require the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to evaluate the impact of large data centers on grid reliability.

Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD on March 22 was joined by partners from the City of Everett, Wash., the Washington State Department of Commerce and others, to officially break ground on the PUD’s newest community solar project.

The U.S. Department of Energy on March 22 announced the second cohort of communities selected as part of the Communities Local Energy Action Program, a technical assistance initiative.

Michigan should consider combining community solar with the deployment of cold weather heat pumps in manufactured home retrofits, according to a paper by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The Department of Energy recently said that its Loan Programs Office has granted a conditional commitment for a partial loan guarantee of up to $72.8 million for a solar plus storage microgrid project on Tribal lands in California.

Power outages, wildfires, rooftop solar systems, and demand response programs create a need for utilities to communicate with customers quickly and clearly. Utilizing omnichannel communication systems can help ensure customers stay in the know and also help utilities respond to the many outage-related calls and emails from customers.