Distributed Energy Resources
The Dos Palos Clean Power project in Merced County, one of California’s first community solar projects, is now online. A joint project from California community choice aggregator Peninsula Clean Energy and Renewable America, Dos Palos will generate 3 megawatts of solar power as part of the CCA’s Green Access Program.
Environment
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is marking Earth Month by expanding clean energy programs, providing grants of up to $2.5 million for large property owners to make green improvements, and offering rebates for the latest water conservation tools, it said on April 21.
Energy Storage
A new energy storage project for Virginia public power utility Danville Utilities will help lower transmission and capacity costs and allow Danville, Va., electric rates to be competitive to other neighboring electric utilities when competing for economic development projects, said Jason Grey
Electricity Markets
Commissioner Willie Phillips has resigned from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

This is our story of leveraging data engineering, Machine Learning (ML) and advanced analytics to enable accurate cash flow forecasting, enhance visibility and streamline reporting across business units for the CFO's office of a leading telecommunications services provider.

As we know – Effective cash flow management is critical to an organization’s financial stability. It demands accurate planning, real-time visibility and the ability to track forecast-to-actual variances. For large utilities organizations with complex structures, managing cash flow becomes challenging due to fragmented reporting and a lack of transparency across units, which can hinder strategic planning.

Advanced data analytics and ML provide a transformative solution, empowering the CFO’s office with near real-time insights for data-driven decision-making and improved financial planning.

The challenge for our client, a leading telecom provider, was – Optimizing the efficiency and transparency of its cash flow management across multiple business units to support its long-term strategic objectives and drive more effective financial planning.

Read the full white paper here.

Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The American Public Power Association has formed a short-term member working group to help draft a response to a Request for Information that was issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council.