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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association on Dec. 1 said that it filed its 2023 electric resource plan with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
Building efficiency and load flexibility can significantly reduce the size of the battery system required to provide backup service to a house, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found in a new report.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas voted to immediately implement a new Emergency Pricing Program for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power region.
Missouri River Energy Services, in collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute and with funding from the American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy Efficiency and Development program, recently completed a study exploring how indoor agriculture, or controlled environment
Starting on December 1, Mount Dora, Fla., residents will have the option to go solar through the Mount Dora Electric Utility, a public power utility.
An energy storage facility in California powered by used electric vehicle batteries has begun operation. The 12-megawatt hour facility in Santa Barbara County near the community of New Cuyama, was developed by B2U Storage Solutions, based in Lancaster, California. The facility uses hundreds of
The Board of Directors for California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District recently voted to award a $60,500 contract to NV5 for a Battery Energy Storage System assessment, which is a key first step to designing, locating and constructing a BESS project in Truckee, and separately adopted a proposed two-year rate design.
GE Vernova’s hydro power business has been selected by Washington State public power utility Tacoma Power to refurbish two 27 MW/33 MVA turbine and generator units at the Cushman II hydropower plant, out of the three units installed at the site.