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Energy Efficiency
In a first for Massachusetts, the town of Ipswich, Mass., through public power utility Ipswich Electric Light Department, will accelerate clean energy home improvements through a streamlined, utility-supported process for homeowners and renters.
Bills and Rates
The American Public Power Association is asking its members to join APPA in signing the National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition annual letter in support of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding.
Electric Vehicles
The Sustainable Action Energy Committee, with RMI and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, has published a guide aimed at supporting local officials responsible for planning and zoning decisions for electric vehicle charging stations.
Generation
Chelan PUD commissioners recently reviewed a preliminary budget that is focused on modernizing the Washington State utility’s two largest hydropower projects -- Rock Island and Rocky Reach.
Energy Storage
A new report from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provides an overview of battery energy storage systems from a land use perspective and describes the implications for zoning and project permitting.
Generation
Natural gas will continue to play a key role in maintaining U.S. power system reliability for the foreseeable future, said Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association, on Nov. 21.
Electricity Markets
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Julie Fedorchak recently announced the establishment of a new 15-month initiative to better harmonize the gas and electric industries to improve the reliability of both systems.
Grid Modernization
The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program recently approved $236,000 in grants and scholarships. The action took place at DEED’s Fall 2023 meeting with DEED Directors signing off on funding three grants and ten scholarships. Scholarship funding