NYPA providing $39 million for New York City electric bus chargers
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) said it has finalized a $39 million agreement to install 67 overhead chargers for New York City buses.
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Celebrating public power in America series – Part 3: Celebrating Public Power’s Attributes and Addressing Municipalization
The American Public Power Association concludes our second three-part newsletter by highlighting public power systems that demonstrate a commitment to local communities, ongoing innovation, and resiliency. We conclude the series by exploring how discussions about municipalization and community choice aggregation efforts have touched local communities.
Celebrating public power in America series – Part 2: Celebrating the Modern Public Power Utility
The American Public Power Association is pleased to present the second in-depth, three-part Public Power Current newsletter series to celebrate public power’s past, present, and future.
Celebrating Public Power in America Series – Part 1: Celebrating America’s Public Power History
The American Public Power Association is pleased to present this in-depth, three-part Public Power Current newsletter series to celebrate public power’s past, present, and future. Thank you to the utility systems for their contributions about public power’s founding and evolution (Part 1), the benefits of modern public power systems (Part 2), and how public power’s best attributes, and discussions about municipalization and community choice aggregation, have touched local communities (Part 3).
Real-Time Grid Assessment Is Adequate But Could Be Improved: FERC-NERC Report
Operators of the bulk power system are prepared to manage assessment of real-time grid operating conditions, but they should develop alternative procedures in the event of data loss failures lasting more than two hours, according to a report issued last week by the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and its regional entities.
APPA Seeks Nominations For Two Openings On Smart Energy Provider Review Panel
The American Public Power Association (APPA) is accepting nominations through Monday, August 9, 2021 for two open positions on the Smart Energy Provider (SEP) Program Review Panel.
FERC Considers Reforms To Transmission Planning And Cost Allocation
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 15 issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) to reform its transmission planning, cost allocation, and generator interconnection rules.
Department of Energy Accelerates Release Of Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model Update
The Department of Energy (DOE) this week released an update to the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2), which was originally scheduled for release at the end of this year.
Rep. DeGette Details Net-Zero Emissions Bill That Includes Elements Supported By APPA
Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., recently detailed legislation intended to drive the innovation of new technologies that she said will be needed to reduce U.S. power sector emissions to net zero. The bill incorporates several suggestions made by the American Public Power Association (APPA) and its members.
Ditto Outlines Opposition To Using Legislation To Encourage Public Facility Privatization
American Public Power Association (APPA) President and CEO Joy Ditto on July 14 wrote to President Joseph Biden in opposition to using infrastructure funding legislation to encourage the privatization of public facilities.