Northeast Power Coordinating Council Sees Adequate Summer Power Supply
The Northeast Power Coordinating Council’s annual reliability assessment forecasts the NPCC region will have an adequate supply of electricity this summer, NPCC said on May 3.
Florida’s Lakeland Electric Taps Burns & McDonnell to Design and Build New Substation
Florida public power utility Lakeland Electric has selected Burns & McDonnell to design and build a new greenfield substation in Lakeland.
Lawmakers Ask FERC Commissioners to Respond to Questions on Grid Reliability
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) recently sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Commissioners asking the agency to respond to a series of questions related to grid reliability.
Public Power Utilities Earn Reliable Public Power Provider Designation from APPA
One hundred nine of the nation’s more than 2,000 public power utilities earned the Reliable Public Power Provider designation from the American Public Power Association for providing reliable and safe electric service.
Wilson Energy’s John Maclaga Details Supply Chain Challenges in Meeting With Lawmakers
In a recent meeting with House members, John Maclaga, Assistant Director for North Carolina public power utility Wilson Energy, detailed the current supply chain challenges facing the electric power sector and offered potential solutions to alleviate those challenges.
City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., Awarded $10 Million for Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects
City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., has been awarded $10 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to partially fund a pipeline replacement project.
Report Shows Omaha Public Power District is Maintaining High Levels of Reliability
An annual monitoring report recently shared with the Board of Directors of Omaha Public Power District shows that OPPD earned high marks for minimizing the number of service disruptions its customers experience.
NERC Files Report with FERC Analyzing Effectiveness of Existing Physical Security Reliability Standard
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation on April 14 filed a report with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that analyzed the effectiveness of the existing NERC reliability standard addressing physical security of the bulk power system, Critical Infrastructure Protection reliability standard CIP-014.
California Regulators Grant Request to Dismiss Proposal for Community Microgrids
The California Public Utilities Commission recently granted a request to dismission Sunnova Energy’s plans to build community microgrids in California.
Department of Energy Seeks Feedback on Transformers Through RFI
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity recently announced a request for information seeking feedback from transformer manufacturers, utilities, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other applicable stakeholders regarding distribution and power transformers.