efficiency
The City of Ithaca, N.Y., recently voted to electrify and decarbonize its building stock. The city’s contract with BlocPower, a New York-based climate tech startup focused on greening aging urban building, represents the first large-scale, city-wide electrification initiative in the U.S., and a major step forward in Ithaca's plan to become carbon-neutral by 2030, BlocPower said.
storage
Pine Gate Renewables on Nov. 3 said that it has won a competitive bid with Logan City Light & Power (LL&P) to build a stand-alone energy storage system in Logan, Utah.
grid
The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club has endorsed Our Power's effort to create a statewide, consumer-owned utility.
Reliability

Best Practices in Overhead Line Design

Part two of the two-part Overhead Distribution Virtual Series. Learn all about structural design principles, review industry best practices, and complete hands-on design exercises, including the practical application of learning through the use of line design software.
August 26, 2025 - September 4, 2025
Analytics solution adopted by utilities to improve system reliability
GDS Associates has added two California consultants to the team - Perry Servedio and Donald Tretheway. They join a team of existing GDS experts to support California and West Coast clients with industry needs.