Implementation Standards for NAESB Base Contract for Voluntary RECs are Approved
The North American Energy Standards Board’s (NAESB) Retail Markets Quadrant (RMQ) and Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) Executive Committees recently approved technical implementation standards for NAESB’s base contract for the sale and purchase of voluntary renewable energy certificates (RECs).
California Grid Operator’s Board OKs Proposal to Improve Interconnection Process
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) Board of Governors recently adopted a proposal aimed at improving the grid operator’s interconnection process.
Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments Details Benefits Flowing from Shade Tree Program
Massachusetts-based public power utility Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD) recently provided details on the benefits that flow from its free shade tree program, which the utility has offered since 2016.
NOAA Winter Outlook Sees Warmer, Drier South with Ongoing La Nina
This year La Niña returns for the third consecutive year, driving warmer-than-average temperatures for the Southwest and along the Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) U.S. Winter Outlook released by the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service.
CISA Releases Cybersecurity Performance Goals for Critical Infrastructure
At the end of October, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a set of voluntary goals outlining the highest priority baseline measures businesses and critical infrastructure owners of all sizes can take to protect against cyber threats to critical infrastructure.
Department of Health and Human Services Announces $4.5 Billion Available Through LIHEAP
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Nov. 2 announced $4.5 billion of assistance is now available through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
ElectriCities of North Carolina Workers Assist in Bucket Rescue
ElectriCities of North Carolina’s Brandon Guin, a crew leader, and David Carlos, an apprentice lineworker, recently helped to rescue a tree contractor who was stranded after his bucket truck became disabled while he was working at an elevated position.
SB Energy Inks 942-MW PPA with Google to Power Data Center
Google has agreed to purchase approximately seventy-five percent of the renewable energy produced by four solar projects under development in Texas under an agreement announced on Nov. 1 with SB Energy. The power purchase agreement totals 942 megawatts.
Group Submits Signatures For Maine Voters to Consider Public Power Utility in 2023
A group in Maine on Oct. 31 submitted more than 80,000 signatures from voters in 422 Maine towns, which will allow for voters in the state next year to consider replacing investor-owned utilities in Maine with a statewide, consumer-owned utility.
In Roundtable with Treasury Secretary Yellen, APPA’s Ditto Asks to Keep IRA Guidance Simple and Certain
Guidance implementing the energy tax provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should be simple and certain, American Public Power Association (APPA) President and CEO Joy Ditto told Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and White House Senior Advisor John Podesta.