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Utilizing omnichannel communication systems can help ensure customers stay in the know and also help utilities respond to the many outage-related calls and emails from customers. When Hurricane Florence hit in September 2018, wreaking damage in the Carolinas, Duke Energy sent customers over 7 million messages enabled by Message Broadcast.
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced on June 13 that it has partnered with 15 local power companies to seek two grants, totaling $350 million, from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Program to fund 141 energy security projects.
As operational challenges multiply, some utilities have found drones to be an effective tool to optimize limited resources and maintain safe and reliable service.
A shorter lead time for a transformer needed for a new substation project was cited as a key reason for why the City Council of Harbor Springs, Mich., recently signed off on a transformer bid. The City Council took the action at a June 3 meeting.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 11 accepted proposed revisions to the California ISO’s open access transmission tariff to implement an Extended Day-Ahead Market access charge as outlined by the California grid operator in April 2024.
Safety for employees at Missouri public power utility Marshall Municipal Utilities “is something we stress day in and day out” and being able to sustain a strong safety record has been achieved thanks to the dedication of its employees, as well as support from the utility’s Board of Public Works, said Jeff Bergstrom, General Manager for the utility, in a recent Q&A with Public Power Current.
Nicholas Lawler, general manager of Littleton Electric Light and Water in Littleton, Massachusetts, was installed as chair of the American Public Power Association Board of Directors during APPA’s National Conference in San Diego, Calif., on June 12. "It’s an honor to be installed today as APPA
A comprehensive package of reforms to accelerate the efficient and cost-effective interconnection of new generating resources to the grid was approved June 12 by the California Independent System Operator’s Board of Governors.