Environment
City Water, Light & Power (CWLP), the public power utility of Springfield, Ill., could host one of the biggest carbon dioxide capture research projects in the world, depending on the outcome of a Department of Energy (DOE) grant.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July 8-9 will hold a technical conference to consider the impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic are having on various segments of the country’s energy industry.
Distributed Energy Resources
Santee Cooper and Central Electric Power Cooperative have begun a bid process seeking to purchase up to 500 megawatts (MW) of new utility-scale solar power through several projects to be built across South Carolina.
Security
Working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a lifesaver, but it has also brought new threats.
Reliability
Tennessee public power utility Greeneville Light and Power System has completed a $5 million substation designed to ensure the reliable flow of electricity to its customers in eastern Tennessee.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The strong response of public power to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also successfully managing power restoration efforts in response to recent storms, is extremely helpful to the American Public Power Association’s ongoing congressional outreach efforts, said Joy Ditto, APPA’s President and CEO, on June 9.