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The Public Utility Commission of Texas on March 21 adopted a new rule implementing the Texas Energy Fund In-ERCOT Generation Loan Program.
The City of Morro Bay, Calif., recently issued a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed battery energy storage system project.
The Ohio Power Siting Board on March 21 authorized Oak Run Solar Project LLC to construct an 800-megawatt solar-powered electric generation facility, two 3.5-mile long transmission lines and a 300 MW battery energy storage facility in Monroe, Somerford, and Deercreek townships in Madison County, Ohio.
The dedication of employees at Missouri public power utility Carthage Water & Electric Plant “fundamentally changes the role of a General Manager from managing people and situations to enabling people to meet the goals they set for themselves,” says Chuck Bryant, CWEP’s General Manager.
The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have launched the pilot of a tool that connects families to solar energy through HHS’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Customers seeking new or upgraded electrical services from the Imperial Irrigation District’s Energy Department are now able to complete and submit applications and follow the status of their projects over IID’s new online Customer Project Application Portal, the California public power utility recently announced.
The Department of Energy this week the released the latest iteration in a series of reports on the potential of next generation geothermal energy.
Google, Microsoft and Nucor Corp., a steel and steel products producer, on March 19 announced that they will work together “across the electricity ecosystem to develop new business models and aggregate their demand for advanced clean electricity technologies.”