grid
Transmission
Pattern Energy Group LP recently closed an $11 billion non-recourse financing and begun full construction of SunZia Transmission and SunZia Wind.
grid
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection recently released its new long-term load forecast, which predicts estimated electricity demand growth of 1.7% per year for summer peaks, 2% for winter peaks, and 2.4% for net energy over a 10-year planning horizon starting in 2024. Total annual energy use throughout the PJM footprint is expected to increase nearly 40% by 2039, from 800,000 gigawatt-hours to about 1.1 million GWh.
people
Workforce
The Board of Directors for California public power utility SMUD recently elected Rosanna Herber as President of the Board and Gregg Fishman as Vice President of the Board.
grid
Community Engagement
The Vermont Public Power Supply Authority on Jan. 9 announced that Burlington Electric Department has joined VPPSA as a strategic member.
pipe
Generation
Average natural gas prices were about 62 percent lower in 2023 than in 2022, according to the Energy Information Administration.
solar
Distributed Energy Resources
A community solar facility that was damaged in a June 2023 hailstorm has been repaired, re-commissioned, and returned to operation, with the damaged solar panels removed from the site to be recycled, the Nebraska Public Power District reported on Jan. 8.