Reliability
Given that the cost of transformers has almost doubled in the past five years and the lead time to have one delivered is now more than 120 weeks, it is important that Washington State’s Grant PUD has a proactive plan to begin scheduling replacement of transformers at a rate of two a year, Kasey Grant, Manager of Asset Management Strategy and Planning at the PUD, recently said.
Energy Storage
Quino Energy, a company developing water-based flow batteries, and Long Hill Energy Partners, a California-based clean energy developer, have been awarded $10 million in grant funding through the California Energy Commission Energy Research and Development Division’s Electric Program Investment Charge Program.
How much load data centers are expected to need in the coming years and how public power utilities can best attract and work with data center customers.
Griffin Power’s electric director on the importance of fostering talent in the workplace and building a collaborative environment.
How public power utilities are outfitting their grids to support the electrification of homes, transport, and industry.
Community Engagement
Public power utilities are seeing growth in customers that slightly outpaces the overall growth in U.S. population. Since 2014, the number of total customers of public power utilities has grown 2.24 million. When accounting for the typical number of people each residential customer serves, that’s