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Reliability
The City of Waterville, Kansas, in cooperation with KPP Energy, announced the completion of a significant infrastructure project at the Waterville Substation.
Electric Vehicles
The Energy Authority announced that the Grand River Dam Authority will join TEA as its newest member, effective July 1, 2024.
Generation
​​​​​​​Consumption of electricity in the U.S. commercial sector has recovered from pandemic levels, with annual U.S. sales of electricity to commercial customers in 2023 totaling 14 billion kilowatt hours, or 1%, more than in 2019, the Energy Information Administration said on June 28.
Reliability
Massachusetts public power utility Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Operations in December provided an update on a project tied to its ongoing efforts to enhance the reliability and efficiency of Shrewsbury’s electrical system.
Electricity Markets
Guam Power Authority is included among the first utilities to participate in the Department of Energy’s Utility and Grid Operator Technical Assistance program, DOE said on Jan. 13.
Generation
After almost two decades of relatively little change, consumption of electricity grew by 2% in the United States during 2024, “and we forecast it will continue growing at that rate in 2025 and 2026,” the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Jan. 15.
Electric Vehicles
General Motors is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help find the ideal locations for adding EV charging stations across the U.S.
Distributed Energy Resources
A National Renewable Energy Laboratory study released in January finds that the potential for adding floating solar panels at reservoirs in the U.S. is significant. Reservoirs in the U.S. could host enough floating solar panels to generate up to 1,476 terawatt hours, it said.
Generation
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has joined Constellation on a grant proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy to support the company’s efforts to seek an early site permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for one or more advanced nuclear reactors at the Nine Mile Point Clean Energy Center in Oswego, New York, Constellation reported on Jan. 15.
Transmission
The Arizona Corporation Commission on Jan. 15 voted to approve a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility for the South Mountain Transmission Project.