Workforce
Florida public power utility JEA has promoted Robert Zammataro to a newly created leadership role to help advance the utility's goals and objectives and to further ensure strategic alignment across the organization, it said on Jan. 13.
Distributed Energy Resources
Seven States Power Corporation on Jan. 10 announced that it will receive $439,000,000 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s New ERA (Empowering Rural America) program.
Reliability
Oregon public power utility Springfield Utility Board has launched a pilot program under which SUB is offering a 0% loan for generators and generator transfer switches.
Reliability
Texas public power utility Bryan Texas Utilities has partnered with local media station KBTX and Climavision, a radar services company, to bring a cutting-edge weather radar system to the region.
Reliability
As part of the sustainable energy plan for Colorado Springs Utilities and related to a 2023 request for proposals for 1,700 megawatts of new generation and battery storage, several major projects are underway to provide reliable and cost-effective power for generations to come, the Colorado public power utility said in December.
Bonds and Financing
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on the credit for Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles (tax code section 45W).