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The Lincoln Electric System (LES) Administrative Board’s Budget and Rates Committee recommended a systemwide decrease to retail electric rates in the 2022 budget and rates proposal during LES’ Administrative Board meeting Sept. 17. This would mark the fifth consecutive year without a rate increase.
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) on Sept. 15 signed an implementation agreement with the Western Area Power Administration Desert Southwest (WAPA DSW) region to participate in CAISO’s real-time energy market in 2023. Operated by CAISO, the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM)
In a Sept. 14 letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., Joy Ditto, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association (APPA), applauds the infrastructure financing and energy-related provisions of the tax titles of the Build Back Better Act that are being considered for adoption this week by the committee.
The Ann Arbor, Mich., City Council on Sept. 7 approved a resolution that asks the Ann Arbor Energy Commission to provide a recommendation on whether or not the Commission believes the city should undertake a feasibility study to understand options related to creating a municipal utility, including traditional and non-traditional models.
Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) and Encore Renewable Energy on Sept. 9 announced the commissioning of a new 2.1-megawatt (MW) community solar array located at a former auto salvage yard.
Hydrogen fuel could be a more economical solution to the intermittency of renewable energy resources than lithium-ion batteries, but it is not an economic match to natural gas-fired peaking plants at current market prices, according to a new report from researchers at the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI).
Burlington, Vermont, Mayor Miro Weinberger and public power utility Burlington Electric Department (BED) have proposed a new, $20 million Net Zero Energy Revenue Bond that would accelerate progress toward Burlington’s climate goals, while reducing upward rate pressure for BED customers, BED reported on Sept. 2.
Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant (AMLP) plans to install an electric vehicle (EV) charging station using funds from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).