Santee Cooper is offering bill credits to customers who enroll their smart thermostat in the new Santee Cooper Rewards demand response program.
A landmark agreement with Tribes and federal agencies to guide the future of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project will be considered by a Seattle City Council Committee this month, Seattle City Light said. “This marks a major milestone in the Skagit relicensing process,” said Mayor Katie Wilson.
In the event a cyber incident affects utility systems, public power leaders can turn to the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council’s Cyber Mutual Assistance program. The program brings together industry cybersecurity experts to assist in incident response and to share information on threats to the industry.
Colleen Wright has been named BPA's Human Resources Service Center Director. Wright, who is currently the Talent Operations Division director for the Department of Energy, is returning to BPA where she served as the acting deputy director of HR and held other HR leadership and specialist roles from 2011 to 2022.
Texas public power utility Austin Energy is increasing the incentives for residential customers to join its Power Partner program, which helps manage energy demand during peak periods and supports grid reliability.
While data centers are one of the hottest topics nationwide these days in the utility sector, the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority several years ago took the initiative to establish and maintain a data center on Sovereign Navajo land. prior to the dramatic growth in data centers in the U.S. “This