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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC) has updated a resource guide it has developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to add new sections that address planning considerations for contact tracing during mutual assistance and the use of contact tracing for workplace reentry.
Electric Vehicles
Electrify America says it has completed its first string of cross-country fast charging, direct current (DC) electric vehicle charging stations.
Security
Working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a lifesaver, but it has also brought new threats.
Generation
In a special meeting, the board of directors of Florida public power utility JEA last week unanimously approved a transaction that will lead to the closure of Plant Scherer, Unit 4, and entering into a 20-year purchase power agreement with investor-owned Florida Power & Light Company.
Bonds and Financing
The American Public Power Association on June 29 said it strongly supports the smart infrastructure investment provisions that are in H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act.
Security
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff is seeking comments on a white paper that proposes “a new framework for providing transmission incentives to utilities for cybersecurity investments.”
Bonds and Financing
House Subcommittee on Select Revenues Chairman Mike Thompson, D-Calif., on June 25 introduced legislation that will allow public power utilities to directly benefit from energy tax incentives.
Bills and Rates
The American Public Power Association is urging its member utilities to reach out to their congressional delegation in support of legislation that would provide direct COVID-19 pandemic-related aid for public power utilities.