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Community Engagement
South Dakota-based Heartland Energy recently provided details on the joint action agency’s strategic plan.
Energy Storage
Massachusetts public power utility Holden Municipal Light Department and Lightshift Energy, an energy storage project developer, owner and operator, on Aug. 12 hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of Lightshift’s newest battery storage project in Holden, Massachusetts, which will serve HMLD and its customers.
Electricity Markets
In late July, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority announced that the WAPA Governing Board appointed Karl Knight as the new CEO/Executive Director of the Authority.
Reliability
The New York Power Authority received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration granting NYPA license to conduct fully remote unmanned aircraft operations beyond the visual line of sight of observers in any unrestricted airspace, or Class G, without prior approval.
Electricity Markets
Sixty-one percent of Americans believe that artificial intelligence systems will prove to be valuable for their household electricity usage, according to the latest survey from the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative.
Distributed Energy Resources
A new report says that 7.3 gigawatts direct current of total new community solar installations are expected to come online in existing state markets by 2029 in the U.S.
Silicon Valley Clean Energy, a California community choice aggregator, has issued a 2024 Request for Offers for carbon free energy and standalone energy storage.
Generation
The following is a transcript of the August 5, 2024, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA’s
Electricity Markets
The California Independent System Operator Board of Governors and the Western Energy Markets Governing Body have approved an important step toward establishing a revised governance model for the ISO’s wholesale electricity markets “designed to improve reliability and reduce the cost of delivering electricity to consumers across the West,” CAISO said on Aug. 13.
Distributed Energy Resources
The New York Power Authority has pre-qualified five additional private developers and investors to collaborate with NYPA on the development of renewable energy generating projects.