Grid Modernization
Willdan Group has been selected to implement the Snohomish County Public Utility District’s new energy efficiency program for telecommunications and data center facilities.
Bills and Rates
The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority recently approved a resolution to change the Florida public power utility’s residential electric tier structure beginning Jan. 1, 2025.
Energy Storage
Energy Vault Holdings on Dec. 11 announced a strategic partnership with RackScale Data Centers that aims to accelerate the delivery of 2 gigawatts of firm, primary power to data center sites developed by RSDC through the deployment of Energy Vault's proprietary B-Nest™ hyperscale battery energy storage system.
Generation
U.S. natural gas consumption grew by 1% to reach a new annual high of 89.4 billion cubic feet per day in 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration, and continued growing in the first nine months of 2024.
Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1 returned to operation on December 10 after the team completing a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage that will add approximately 24 megawatts of electricity to the unit’s typical 1,200-MW output.
Reliability
Snohomish County PUD Commissioner Sid Logan, Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring, and PUD General Manager John Haarlow were recently joined by elected officials and community members for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Jennings Park Substation in Marysville, Washington State.