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The Southwest Power Pool received a letter from 26 western entities including public power utilities indicating their support for continued development of SPP’s Markets+, a full day-ahead and real-time market. The letter was signed by organizations from the Pacific Northwest, Desert Southwest and Mountain West regions.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on April 19 announced that she has recommended Janisse Quiñones to serve as the new CEO and General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Arevon Energy has signed a long-term tolling agreement with California community choice aggregator MCE for 188 megawatts of the Cormorant Energy Storage Project in California.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project announced on April 17 that Apple has joined as a partner supporting SRP’s Resilient Water and Forest Initiative, part of a continuing effort to ensure water resiliency.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission announced a set of actions in response to the power outages over the weekend of April 6-7 and Xcel Energy’s deployment of a precautionary outage that impacted tens of thousands of residents.
A coalition of New England states jointly submitted two applications to secure federal funding to support investments in large-scale transmission and energy storage infrastructure to enhance grid reliability and resilience across the region.
Guam Power Authority recently met with Aggreko to address the increasing demand for energy on Guam. The collaboration between GPA and Aggreko aims to ensure that temporary power is available by July 10, 2024.
The New York Independent System Operator recently launched a first-in-the-nation program to integrate aggregations into the wholesale electric markets of distributed energy resources, such as small-scale solar arrays, residential batteries, and electric vehicles.