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The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority on Aug. 31 announced that a project is in development to add solar to OMPA’s generating resource mix for the first time ever.
The SunZia Transmission Project, which will carry up to 4,500 megawatts of primarily renewable energy from New Mexico to markets in Arizona and California, advanced on Sept. 1 with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by several Biden Administration officials.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and CMBlu Energy on Aug. 31 announced a pilot project to deploy long-duration energy storage in the Phoenix area.
Florida public power utilities have worked around the clock to restore power for customers impacted by Hurricane Idalia and as of the afternoon of Aug. 31 power has been restored to more than 210,000 customers, the Florida Municipal Electric Association reported.
The Department of Energy’s Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Program is inviting public power utilities, electric cooperatives, and small investor-owned utilities with limited cybersecurity resources to apply for competitive funding and technical assistance.
The American Public Power Association is accepting nominations now through Thursday, September 21, 2023 for three open positions on the Smart Energy Provider (SEP) Review Panel.
In the wake of wildfires on Maui, Hawaii, President Biden on Aug. 30 announced that the Department of Energy will provide $95 million through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to harden Hawaii’s electric grid, improve service, limit damage during future events, and help prevent failures in the future that could lead to severe events.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's community choice energy program, CleanPowerSF, has signed a 15-year battery storage contract with the Corby project, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC.