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Electric Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Sept. 20 said it is accelerating the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations by adopting a Department of Energy electric vehicle charging station categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Electricity Markets
Several proposals related to rates and energy market rules that affect utilities in California and the West have been adopted by the California Independent System Operator Board of Governors and the Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body.
Energy Storage
The U.S. Department of Energy on Sept. 22 announced up to $325 million for 15 projects across 17 states and one tribal nation to accelerate the development of long-duration energy storage technologies.
Energy Storage
Terra-Gen, a renewable energy developer, is launching an investigation of a recent fire at a battery storage unit in Valley Center, Calif. The fire took place on the afternoon of Sept. 18 at a Terra-Gen energy storage facility located in San Diego County, Calif. The Valley Center Energy Storage
Reliability
A final report on Winter Storm Elliott, a 2022 storm that contributed to power outages for millions of electricity customers in the Eastern half of the country, was presented to Commissioners at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 21.
Workforce
New officers for the American Public Power Association Business and Financial section and planning committees were named at the closing session of the 2023 Business & Financial Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Lisa Hough, Director – Legal Operations, Omaha Public Power District, Nebraska, will chair
Electricity Markets
After just one year of involvement in a regional power pool, Colorado Springs Utilities has saved its customers approximately $4.7 million in energy costs, the public power utility recently reported.
Generation
FuelCell Energy has signed an agreement for the supply of carbon dioxide neutral “tri-gen” products to meet the energy needs of a Toyota Motor North America import facility in California.