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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.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have developed a new automated drone inspection system that can respond rapidly to unusual electric grid behavior, especially in remote areas that are tough for a worker to reach.
Distributed Energy Resources
The New York Power Authority has released a draft Strategic Plan for expanding renewable energy resources in New York State to advance Governor Kathy Hochul’s climate and renewable energy goals.
Reliability
For water and electric utilities, it is critical to communicate with customers about potential leaks, rate changes and outages. Speed and clarity are essential to ensuring water is not wasted and customers know about outages. This boosts customer satisfaction.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The Florida Municipal Electric Association on Oct. 9 said that it has mobilized a restoration workforce that has grown to more than 2,500 personnel from 22 states with Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall in the state late Wednesday into Thursday morning.
Distributed Energy Resources
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved the Grand Island Utilities Department for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant totaling $116,440. The funds will be used to cover the cost of a five-year plan for both the software and equipment modules needed to monitor a solar field.
Energy Storage
The Michigan Public Service Commission recently announced funding for an energy storage project in the public power community of Sturgis, Mich.