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Grid Modernization
Utah public power utility Heber Power & Light and Massachusetts public power utility Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant will participate in projects tied to the Department of Energy’s American-Made Digitizing Utilities Prize.
Reliability
Two rural Dawson Public Power District substations will be getting upgrades after the 2024 irrigation season, the Nebraska public power utility reported on July 22.
Energy Storage
Ormat Technologies on July 23 announced the signing of a 15-year resource adequacy purchase and sale agreement with the City of Riverside, Calif., for the 80-megawatt /320-megawatt hour Shirk Battery Energy Storage System located in Visalia, California.
Reliability
Members of the Northeast Public Power Association in Maine have received grant awards to deploy electrical grid resilience projects in Maine communities.
Distributed Energy Resources
The City of Burbank, California’s Community Development Department has expanded the online permit feature for residents to easily apply for and obtain instant solar and battery storage system permits for single-family residential installations through a City partnership with Symbium Corp.
Reliability
Cleveland-Cliffs recently announced that it will establish a new electrical distribution transformer production plant in Weirton, West Virginia.
Bonds and Financing
The Santee Cooper Board of Directors on July 24 approved the sale of approximately $865 million in bonds to refinance debt issued in 2013 and 2014.
Electricity Markets
The New York Independent System Operator on July 25 released a study that provides a wide-ranging assessment of future transmission and generation investment opportunities driven by economics and public policy.
Reliability
A Platte River Power Authority and Estes Park, Colo., microgrid project and a microgrid project in Springfield, Colo., recently received awards that were detailed by Colorado’s Department of Local Affairs.
Electricity Markets
Lee Meyerhofer, Commission President for Wisconsin public power utility Kaukauna Utilities Commission, was elected in July to chair the American Public Power Association’s Policy Makers Council.