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A law that went into effect in Florida at the start of July prevents third parties from gaining real-time access to public power customers’ usage information and meter-derived data.
U.S. renewable energy developer Clearway Energy Group at the end of June signed an agreement with Australian technology company Power Ledger to develop a blockchain platform for trading renewable energy credits (RECs).
The California Independent System Operator recently curtailed a record amount of solar and wind power.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District recently signed a 30-year power purchase agreement with Lendlease Energy Development for the output from a 160-megawatt solar project on the site of the decommissioned Rancho Seco Nuclear Generation Station.
After first focusing on the cost saving benefits of advanced metering infrastructure, utilities are using the infrastructure and data AMI gathers in multiple ways, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Several public power utilities have been recognized by Forbes and Statista, an analytics company, as among America’s best employers for 2019.
The Electric Power Research Institute released findings from its three-year study of potential impacts of high-altitude electromagnetic pulses on the electric transmission system, along with options to mitigate those impacts.
Illinois Gov. Pritzker signed into law a bill that gives counties and municipalities sole authority for establishing standards to develop wind farms in the state.