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.

In a new analysis, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory argue that the creation of Interregional Renewable Energy Zones could represent “some of the low-hanging fruit on the path to decarbonizing the nation’s electricity sector.”

New Fortress Energy Inc. on March 18 said that it has sold emergency power plants it constructed on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in San Juan and Palo Seco, Puerto Rico, to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority for $373 million in cash, subject to certain items and conditions.

The New York Power Authority is seeking developers to implement an up to 6-megawatt solar photovoltaic energy project with the option of battery energy storage at SUNY Niagara Community College in Sanborn in Niagara County, N.Y.