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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has launched a new daily procured ancillary service called the ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service.
City of Austin Interim City Manager Jesús Garza on June 8 announced that Bob Kahn will be Austin Energy’s next General Manager.
S&P Global Ratings recently affirmed its “A” issuer credit rating with a Stable outlook for California community choice aggregator Silicon Valley Clean Energy.
A combined cycle, 1,875-megawatt power plant in Southeastern Ohio recently began commercial operation.
Smoke from wildfires in Canada traveled to New England, significantly lowering production from solar resources in the region compared to what ISO New England would expect absent the smoke, the grid operator said on June 8. Meanwhile, the New York ISO also said that smoke cover caused by the wildfires curtailed solar energy production, while PJM Interconnection said that smoky conditions throughout the RTO caused a reduction in visibility, reducing solar, and keeping temperatures several degrees lower than usual.
Snohomish County PUD recently sent crew members, equipment and vehicles to Guam to help it recover from a typhoon that knocked out power to most of its 150,000 residents.
Owners of General Motors and Ford electric vehicles will have access to Tesla charging stations under agreements that the automakers recently reached with Tesla.
Electric vehicles of all types will account for as much as 29 percent of new light duty vehicle sales in the United States by 2050, according to the Energy Information Administration.