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California-based Sonoma Clean Power has issued its first bond for the purpose of lowering the cost of renewable energy.
In a recent interview with the American Public Power Association, Mark Montgomery, executive director for Logan City Light and Power, the utility that serves the public power community of Logan, Utah, detailed the successful completion of a battery energy storage system in Logan and discussed the utility’s current generation portfolio mix and how Logan City Light and Power approaches resource planning.
The City of Toledo, Ohio’s, Department of Public Utilities is on track to complete its Advanced Metering Infrastructure project by the end of the year, the city reported on Dec. 4.
APPA and the Large Public Power Council recently filed comments at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on FERC’s proposed rule that preliminarily finds that existing North American Electric Reliability Corporation supply chain risk management reliability standards have gaps and may be insufficient to protect against the myriad of cyber supply chain threats.
AMP recently welcome the Borough of Chambersburg, Pa., as the newest AMP member.
Washington State’s Chelan PUD welcomed three new senior managers in recent months -- Chief Energy Resources Officer Janet Jaspers, Chief Financial and Risk Officer Sridhar Krishnan and Dan Koch, Chief Operating Officer.
Xcel Energy is increasing its wildfire detection and mitigation efforts in the Texas Panhandle by introducing artificial intelligence to spot fires early, the company said.
The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program approved $477,961 in funding for nine public power utility projects that aim to improve utility operations and services with novel techniques and technologies.