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Generation
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project, Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power announced that they will be working together to explore adding nuclear generation in Arizona.
Reliability
Ericsson and the Lower Colorado River Authority have signed a multi-year agreement to implement a private LTE network across parts of 68 Texas counties.
Bills and Rates
An optional time of use rate will be available to Seattle City Light residential and small/medium business customers starting in mid-2025, the Washington State public power utility recently said.
Distributed Energy Resources
For the first time in its history, CleanPowerSF delivered 100% renewable electricity to all 375,000 customers on its default green service in 2023.
Electricity Markets
The Energy Northwest Board of Directors elected a new inside director to the Executive Board, a new president and officers at its Jan. 22 public meeting in Olympia, Wash.
Safety
As part of the American Public Power Association’s ongoing efforts to help member utilities to maintain high levels of safety, Greg Labbé has joined APPA as a Senior Operations Safety Specialist, effective Feb. 3.
Safety
As part of the American Public Power Association’s ongoing efforts to help member utilities to maintain high levels of safety, Greg Labbé has joined APPA as a Senior Operations Safety Specialist, effective Feb. 3.
Reliability
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) on Feb. 6 introduced a bill to encourage the domestic production of electric distribution transformers. The American Public Power Association supports the bill.
Distributed Energy Resources
Avangrid, Inc. on Feb. 6 announced the signing of a short-term Power Purchase Agreement with American Municipal Power for a portion of the energy produced from Avangrid’s Blue Creek wind power project located in Ohio.
Reliability
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and NERC’s Regional Entities have launched a joint review of the performance of the bulk power system during the successive cold weather events in January, including a multi-day polar vortex that enveloped much of the United States with bitterly cold weather on January 19-24.