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Bridge Renewable Energy and WATTMORE on Oct. 24 announced that they have signed an agreement with Nebraska public power utility Lincoln Electric System to develop and build a 3 MW/12 MWh energy storage project that will strengthen the local electric grid, support an existing community microgrid, and help LES develop knowledge and hands-on experience with battery storage.
To further assist with advocacy efforts to help address transformer supply chain shortages, APPA is asking utility and joint action agency to participate in a quick survey about the environment around distribution transformer shortages and other supply chain challenges.
AEP Ohio on Oct. 23 filed a settlement agreement that addresses the power needs of Ohio’s growing data center industry “while protecting AEP Ohio’s other customers,” the utility said.
Shell Energy North America (US) L.P., a subsidiary of Shell plc, has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% equity stake in RISEC Holdings LLC, which owns a 609-megawatt two-unit combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in Rhode Island.
PJM Interconnection CEO Manu Asthana recently told a gathering of state and industry officials that he is more worried than ever about the PJM region having enough electricity supply to serve electricity demand that is forecast to grow by leaps and bounds.
In a recent Q&A with the American Public Power Association, Barry Tupper, general manager of Massachusetts public power utility Holden Municipal Light Department, detailed how the utility and its customers are expected to benefit from a recently completed battery storage project.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s community choice energy program, CleanPowerSF, has secured its largest-ever single source of wind power through a new power purchase agreement with Scout Clean Energy for electricity produced by a new wind project in Merced County, Calif., SFPUC said on Oct. 23.
Mandip Samra, the CEO and General Manager of California public power utility Burbank Water & Power, is connecting with the utility’s customers through a series of conversations over coffee.