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Grid Modernization
Oregon public power utilities Springfield Utility Board and Emerald People’s Utility District, along with Tennessee public power utility Nashville Electric Service, are included among the communities that will receive funding and technical assistance to research, model, validate, and deploy local
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency on October 8 issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years.
Community Engagement
EPB Broadband Solutions hosted 15 community-based service providers from across the country at a summit to help foster innovative approaches to broadband deployment.
Electricity Markets
The board of Nebraska public power utility Dawson Public Power District on October 2 learned that its irrigation customers experienced less load management than in previous years.
Electricity Markets
Michigan public power utility Lansing Board of Water and Light recently received funding from the Michigan Public Service Commission for an energy project. Specifically, the utility received $734,868.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Santee Cooper team members are making preparations for the anticipated effects Hurricane Milton may have on Santee Cooper’s service territory, it said on Oct. 8.
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection is exploring a way to identify and process resources that can support reliability in the near term as it transitions to a reformed interconnection process and clears its new service requests, it said on Oct. 8.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Public power utility crews from across the U.S. have deployed to Florida in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, which is projected to make landfall in central Florida Wednesday night into Thursday morning.