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Distributed Energy Resources
Orsted recently announced the cancellation of two wind projects totaling 2,248 megawatts that were slated to be built in waters off the New Jersey coast. At the same time, the Danish developer also released updates on its other offshore wind project along the Eastern Seaboard, including a final
Reliability
The Board of Directors for California public power utility Imperial Irrigation District recently approved four separate agreements to build new and upgrade existing electrical substations “that will energize development projects in the City of Indio through an innovative and new joint electric financing authority,” IID said on Oct. 31.
Security
An executive order recently issued by President Biden directs various federal agencies to examine the impacts that artificial intelligence could have across the economy and includes directives relevant to the electric utility sector. Biden issued the “ Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and
Reliability
In 2022, the transformer at the Eugene Water and Electric Board’s River Road substation in Oregon experienced equipment failure and was deemed no longer fit for service. Since that time, the power for roughly 3,000 customers has been rerouted through other substations, thanks to EWEB's robust
Distributed Energy Resources
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released a digital tool to analyze the ability of a photovoltaic energy storage system to provide backup power during short-duration interruptions.
Electricity Markets
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Nov. 1 announced an update to emergency operations reserve levels that it utilizes.
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection recently presented stakeholders with a proposal that it will recommend to its Board of Managers to expand the regional transmission system to meet the needs of data center growth, generator retirement and new generation resource capacity in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Distributed Energy Resources
KPP Energy and the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency are pursuing loan funding from the Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to install solar energy facilities in Kansas.