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The Southeast Energy Exchange Market on June 28 said that Duke Energy Florida, JEA, Tampa Electric Company, and Gainesville Regional Utilities have initiated active energy trading, which now allows them to buy and sell power using the SEEM platform.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 28 launched a $7 billion grant competition to increase access to solar energy for low-income households and disadvantaged communities.
The American Public Power Association’s Board of Directors has named Scott Corwin as the association’s next president and CEO, APPA said on June 29.
The Stowe Electric Department in Vermont used a Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments grant from the American Public Power Association to develop a framework for small rural utilities to evaluate the integration of microgrids into their grids.
Massachusetts-based Reading Municipal Light Department is working with NextEra Energy Resources to bring two solar arrays to land adjacent to the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire.
The Florida Municipal Power Agency has entered into agreements to acquire three power plants, comprising approximately 339 megawatts of natural gas-fired combined cycle generation in central Florida, FMPA said on June 29.
California community choice aggregator Peninsula Clean Energy has received an upgraded credit rating of Baa1 from Moody’s Investors Service, the CCA said on June 29.
Extreme weather events continue to pose the greatest risk to the reliability and stability of the North American bulk power system, even though the system remains highly reliable and resilient, according to the latest assessment from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.