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The Brownsville Public Utilities Board, a Texas public power utility, has received notice that two of its grant applications are being considered for funding by the Bureau of Reclamation, it said on Feb. 3.
Florida public power utility OUC is collaborating with Capacitech Energy in a microgrid project to demonstrate Capacitech Energy’s largest deployment to date of the PowerLink, a cable-like and rapid response energy storage system.
A company called PowerConneX, Inc. recently outlined plans to develop a natural gas-fired power plant to serve a data center in Ohio.
Avangrid, Inc. on Feb. 6 announced the signing of a short-term Power Purchase Agreement with American Municipal Power for a portion of the energy produced from Avangrid’s Blue Creek wind power project located in Ohio.
As part of the American Public Power Association’s ongoing efforts to help member utilities to maintain high levels of safety, Greg Labbé has joined APPA as a Senior Operations Safety Specialist, effective Feb. 3.
As part of the American Public Power Association’s ongoing efforts to help member utilities to maintain high levels of safety, Greg Labbé has joined APPA as a Senior Operations Safety Specialist, effective Feb. 3.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and NERC’s Regional Entities have launched a joint review of the performance of the bulk power system during the successive cold weather events in January, including a multi-day polar vortex that enveloped much of the United States with bitterly cold weather on January 19-24.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and NERC’s Regional Entities have launched a joint review of the performance of the bulk power system during the successive cold weather events in January, including a multi-day polar vortex that enveloped much of the United States with bitterly cold weather on January 19-24.