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Against the backdrop of scorching temperatures, the California Independent System Operator Corporation on Aug. 31 said it has issued a statewide “Flex Alert” that calls for voluntary electricity conservation from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sept. 1.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said that customer electricity use peaked at 6,048 MW on Aug. 29, setting a new high for 2017 and exceeding the previous high of 5,687 MW set on July 7.
The PJM Interconnection recorded a drop of approximately 520 megawatts of wholesale solar generation from before the Aug. 21 eclipse until the peak of the eclipse, the mid-Atlantic grid operator recently reported.
Investor-owned utility Xcel Energy, backed by a coalition of 14 diverse consumer and energy groups, are asking the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to approve a proposal called the Colorado Energy Plan that they say could lead to $2.5 billion in clean energy investments in rural Colorado.
Duke Energy Florida will spend $1 billion to add 700 MW of solar energy over the next four years and forego recovery of more than $150 million from customers for an abandoned nuclear project under a revised settlement filed Tuesday with the Florida Public Service Commission.
WPPI Energy’s 22-year power purchase agreement to receive electricity from a new wind energy center that will be located in Illinois is credit positive for WPPI because it adds a cost-effective resource, enhances the diversity of supply and improves WPPI’s carbon footprint by doubling the wind generation in its supply portfolio, Moody’s Investors Service said on Aug. 24.
Electric utility crews, including those at public power utilities, have been at the ready over the last few days to help with the disaster unfolding in Houston, but so far, the situation in the biggest city in Texas looks more like a matter of saving lives than of getting power restored.