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The PJM Interconnection’s Board of Managers has authorized changes to its Regional Transmission Expansion Plan. The Board on Aug. 7 approved several new baseline reliability projects; scope and cost changes to four existing projects; and the cancellation of three baseline projects that are no longer required.
Nebraska-based Richard’s Electric of North Platte has been awarded a $2.3 million bid for the upgrade of two Dawson Public Power District substations.
Nebraska Public Power District has reached phase two of a feasibility study assessing preliminary siting options for advanced nuclear reactors in Nebraska.
LS Power on Aug. 9 said it has reached an agreement with Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. to acquire Algonquin’s renewable energy business. Algonquin will sell the business for a total consideration of up to $2.5 billion.
Troy Adams, General Manager of Wisconsin public power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities, recently met with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Peter Buttigieg. Among other things, Adams shared with Buttigieg the status of MPU’s project to convert two coal-fired power plants to run on densified biomass fuel derived from clean industrial waste.
The Florida Municipal Power Agency on Aug. 9 announced it has taken ownership of natural gas combined cycle generation plant, operated in Bartow, Florida. The facility is immediately available and ready for dispatch.
Power outages, wildfires, rooftop solar systems, and demand response programs create a need for utilities to communicate with customers quickly and clearly. Utilizing omnichannel communication systems can help ensure customers stay in the know and also help utilities respond to the many outage-related calls and emails from customers.
By Joe Cocklin, Manager, Rates & Analytics, Lincoln Electric System, Nebraska In late 2015, after experiencing flattening load growth for several years despite customer growth, Lincoln Electric System (LES) undertook a project to assess the recovery of fixed costs through a restructuring of its non
by Kevin Kelly, Manager (retired), Groton Electric Light Department, Massachusetts GELD’s mission statement is “to provide our customers with reliable power and excellent service at affordable prices.” In pursuit of that mission, GELD received a Gold Public Power Customer Satisfaction Award in 2023
Independent power producer Calpine on Aug. 7 announced that it has executed a cost share agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations for the Sutter Decarbonization Project, a full-scale carbon capture demonstration project at its Sutter Energy Center in California.