How the Pinal County Electrical District No. 3 in Arizona benefited from deploying HSI’s EHS Platform.

A map of some of the factors grid planners are weighing in determining where transmission can help connect areas where supply outpaces demand and relieve congestion costs.

As lawmakers and communities push for increased renewable energy in the generating mix, it’s important for them to understand the technical and economic challenges that come with transitioning to a system that relies on clean resources — and why it will take time. Average capacity factor, by source

Signature gathering for a ballot initiative that would give San Diego, Calif., residents the opportunity to vote on the creation of a public power utility in the city is set to get underway next month.

Supporters of efforts to replace investor-owned Rochester Gas & Electric in New York State with a public power utility are vowing to continue their municipalization efforts in the wake of a recent vote by the Monroe County Legislature that rejected a proposal to fund a public power study.

Public power utilities will need to continue to increase and prioritize investments in cyber security, including operational technology and information technology investments and robust cyber policies and practices, in order to address heightened risks, Fitch Ratings said.