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Oregon's Central Lincoln PUD recently provided an update about its new headquarters building, which is designed to withstand a major earthquake. Last spring, Central Lincoln’s Board of Directors made an important decision about the utility’s resilience during and after major events. They approved
Lessons learned from previous events, close coordination with the local utility, and effective use of both demand response programs and a voltage reduction action greatly reduced the magnitude and duration of a load shed event in the Baltimore area on Aug. 11, PJM told stakeholders at the Sept. 11 meeting of the Operating Committee.
California state lawmakers on Sept. 13 approved a legislative package that includes the creation of an expanded Wildfire Fund and enabling the Pathways Initiative for a voluntary, west-wide regional electricity market.
ChargeScape, the automotive joint venture focused on electric vehicle-grid integration, and Nissan, on Sept. 9 announced the launch of a new vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot in the utility territory covered by California public power utility Silicon Valley Power.
The cost of new gas combustion turbine and combined cycle gas turbine power plants in the United States will likely persist and increase, according to market data analysis conducted in collaboration by GridLab, Energy Futures Group, and Halcyon.
Fitch Ratings in August affirmed the rating on New York Power Authority obligations at “AA-“.
Bill Shepherd in August started a new position as General Manager at Greenville Electric Utility System in Texas. Prior to his new role at GEUS, Shepherd worked at Texas public power utility Denton Municipal Electric as Executive Manager of Business Services.
The House Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 10 held a hearing to discuss three bills related to reforming procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).