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The Biden administration is announcing it will spend $1.3 billion of new federal funding to help create three new, massive electrical transmission lines in the Southwest and New England, in an effort to improve the nation’s power grid and get more renewable energy into America’s homes and businesses. The lines will span from Arizona to….
Connecticut officials on Wednesday announced an agreement with their counterparts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to launch a joint effort to procure new wind power contracts for their respective states. The memorandum of understanding between the three states comes as wind power project developers already under contract to them are seeking to terminate those contracts,….
This years winter may look drastically different than recent years because of El Niño. This winter will be the first in a few years to feel the effects of the phenomenon, which has a sizable impact on the weather during the coldest months of the year. El Niño is one of three phases of the….
The Massachusetts Manufacturing Mash-Up is an event where creative people and companies come together to share their innovativeness with other manufacturers of MA. You have the chance to meet other business leaders and entrepreneurs, discover new programs, and strengthen your knowledge on the newest robotics and AI technology. Link to register: conta.cc/47MQNlD”
Possibility of a new annual peak today: (4/5) = HIGHLY LIKELY This would be the first peak day recorded in September. Details: The ISO New England Forecast Peak for today is 22,800 MW in the 6pm EDThour. This is 101.8% of this fiscal year’s FY Annual Peak To Date of 22,390 MW. This means that a new Annual Peak would be reached….
Maui County has filed suit against Hawaiian Electric, alleging that the utility is responsible for catastrophic damages from wildfires that tore through Maui this month. The utility “acted negligently by failing to power down their electrical equipment despite a National Weather Service Red Flag Warning” on August 7th, Maui County alleges. The suit says Hawaiian Electric’s….
One of the nation’s largest grid operators PJM says the energy transition into renewables and away from coal and natural gas could lead to electricity shortages before 2030. “We can’t simply shut down all thermal resources nuclear or fossil fuels and replace them with non-thermal [renewables],” PJM vice president Asim Haque told Kentucky lawmakers last….
Texas electricity prices for the grid surged more than 800% to top $2,500/MWh for Sunday evening, up from Saturday’s high of about ~$275, Bloomberg reported, citing data from grid operator ERCOT. ERCOT said the surplus of available power capacity on the grid relative to power consumption will narrow to 1.6 GW in the hour ending at….