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Community Engagement
DC BLOX recently completed the purchase from South Carolina’s Santee Cooper of 27.5 acres in Berkeley County, South Carolina, with plans to construct a data center at the site.
Grid Modernization
While ongoing transformer supply chain issues facing utilities have understandably drawn a lot of national attention, the power sector has also had to grapple with supply chain issues related to the deployment of smart meters.
Transmission
The utilities making up Grid North Partners have identified 19 transmission project upgrades that they expect to be built over the next three years.
Distributed Energy Resources
The New York State Public Service Commission on Oct. 12 denied petitions filed by a group of offshore wind developers and a state renewable energy trade association seeking additional funding for four proposed offshore wind projects and 86 land-based renewable projects.
Reliability
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation to develop a suite of new or modified reliability standards that comprehensively address inverter-based resources data sharing, model validation, planning and operational studies, and performance requirements.
Generation
Public power utilities and communities are included among the recipients of more than $38 million in incentive payments that will be provided by the U.S. Department of Energy for electricity generated and sold from hydropower facilities.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Oct. 19 identified a Draft Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine, opening a 30-day public review and comment period.
Workforce
Emeka Anyanwu on Oct. 20 was approved by the board of Lincoln Electric System as the next CEO of the Nebraska public power utility.