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The U.S. Department of Energy's Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange program recently released a draft roadmap to improve processes for interconnecting clean energy resources to the distribution and sub-transmission grids and is seeking feedback from energy stakeholders.
California public power utility Pasadena Water and Power will hold a virtual meeting to discuss a roadmap that will define the key actions and future decision points to help best position PWP to achieve Pasadena, California’s goal to source all electricity from carbon-free sources by the end of 2030.
Crews from the City of Tallahassee Electric Utility and Gainesville Regional Utilities are en route to support Lafayette Utilities System in restoration efforts following the anticipated landfall of Hurricane Francine on Sept. 11, the Florida Municipal Electric Association said on Sept. 10.
A draft report prepared by the Brattle Group for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority said that advanced nuclear technologies “could offer attractive possibilities for New York, with its scalability, economic development, low land use, and potential applications of process heat” and may represent an opportunity for additional grid capacity “to support an electrifying economy, that can complement New York’s buildout of renewables.”
A $405 million federal government grant will support critical upgrades and replacements to the Long Island Power Authority’s electrical infrastructure, aimed at mitigating the impacts of future extreme weather events.
Eugene Water & Electric Board customers who voluntarily chose to invest extra money in community-wide sustainability efforts cut carbon emissions by 730 metric tons in 2023, the Oregon public power utility said on Aug. 26.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Sept. 9 released a report that found more than 60 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity could potentially be built at operating or recently retired nuclear power plant sites across the U.S.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced on Sept. 6 the selection of 2,878 megawatts of offshore wind in the first coordinated procurement of its kind.