October 14, 2020
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission approved the construction of a 42-mile (68-km), 345 kV transmission line project in the southeastern region of the state; as deemed necessary for reliability by the Southwest Power Pool (SPP).
October 14, 2020
The Canadian federal government is considering the development of a new transmission project—Atlantic Loop—linking the power grids of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec; in an effort to ease emissions from coal and oil-fired power plants in the region.
October 13, 2020
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has recently awarded USD1.2 million to Indian Energy LLC—a utility-scale and microgrid development and systems integration firm—to demonstrate a non-lithium, long-duration, ion energy storage solution.
October 12, 2020
In a technical conference organised by New York’s Department of Public Service (DPS) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) highlighted the issue of transmission congestion around the city, which could increase post interconnection of 6,000 MW of offshore wind, without coordinated planning.
October 8, 2020
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has recently approved the cost and usage agreement between the regional transmission operator (RTO) Southwest Power Pool (SPP), and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI).
October 7, 2020
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Board of Governors recently approved three tariff revisions related to energy storage and distributed energy resources (DER), directing staff to file the changes with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
October 6, 2020
American Transmission Company (ATC) has recently announced that it will make a transition from its own generator interconnection, cost allocation method to Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s (MISO) cost allocation model, for transmission upgrades.
October 6, 2020
US-based Ormat Technologies Inc. recently announced that it has signed two Resource Adequacy Agreements, for its 5 MW/20 MWh Tierra Buena battery energy storage project currently under development in Sutter County, northern California.
October 5, 2020
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has recently selected the UK-based battery storage manufacturing company, Invinity Energy Systems (formed by the merger of flow battery providers—redT energy and Avalon Battery) for funding, as part of an initiative for long-duration, non-lithium energy storage by making use of Invinity’s vanadium flow batteries (VFBs) technology.
October 5, 2020
The Washington DC-based global engineering and design firm, Stantec, recently announced the acquisition of Teshmont—a Canadian-based electrical engineering consulting company, specialising in high voltage (HV) power transmission and distribution engineering.
September 30, 2020
NextEra Energy Transmission (NEET), LLC—a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc., has recently announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with affiliates of Blackstone Energy Partners to acquire GridLiance Holdco, LP and GridLiance GP, LLC (together, GridLiance) for approximately USD660 million, including the assumption of debt.
September 29, 2020
Environmentalists in New England are opposing the proposed ±320 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line between Québec and the New England grid, though they are not unanimous in voicing this opposition.
September 29, 2020
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), a subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP), has planned to invest USD51 million in the South Marion–North Frankton Transmission Line Rebuild Project to upgrade the power transmission network serving customers in the Grant and Madison counties in Indiana.
September 28, 2020
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently sided with the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA), allowing the joint action agency to use energy storage as a demand response, under a contract between NCEMPA and Duke Energy Progress LLC — a subsidiary of Duke Energy.
September 28, 2020
The investor-owned energy utility, Xcel Energy, recently announced that the company has invested about USD7.1 million in the Carlsbad-area power grid near San Diego, California in response to the ongoing growth in local power demand.
September 25, 2020
Eversource Energy apprised the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) Committee that the cost of the Greater Boston Project is expected to increase by USD191 million (33 per cent), primarily because of the underground power lines – Wakefield–Woburn, Mystic–Woburn and Sudbury–Hudson.
September 24, 2020
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) recently announced that it plans to build its first owned and operated grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) near an industrial complex in Vonore, Tennessee state.
September 23, 2020
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued the draft Order 2222 that paves the way for aggregated distributed energy resources (DERs), like small-scale solar arrays and battery installations, to participate in wholesale power markets.
September 22, 2020
UNS Electric Inc. (UNSE) is developing a plan to run a new 138 kV power line from Rio Rico (in Santa Cruz County, Arizona) to Patagonia Mountains, to provide Hermosa South32’s mine development project with sufficient power supply.