Also, transmission permitting reforms proposed

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August 1, 2023

And the state with the most innovative battery grid management system is……Utah?

Question for electric utilities: How’s your customer engagement? For Rocky Mountain Power (RMP), it’s not too shabby. That’s at least in part because of what the utility is doing with customer-sited batteries that are integrated right into the grid operating system. The utility created a virtual power plant that it can tap for grid services daily using its battery grid management system. This has changed the way ES solar, an active solar installer in the state of Utah, is selling residential solar systems. Learn more about the Wattsmart program and how RMP is creating the grid of the future with customers in our lead story today.

Biden administration proposes changes to permitting process for energy projects

The goal of the changes are to encourage early community engagement, expedite America's clean energy future, strengthen energy security, and promote environmental justice.

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Minnesota utilities work to ease path for Northland transmission line

With a price tag of $970 million, the double-circuit, 345-kV line is one of two Minnesota projects that has been fast-tracked by the regional transmission grid operator MISO for completion by the decade’s end.

Majority of electric utility customers unaware of their utility’s sustainability goals

Communication and customer education is a winning strategy to foster greater customer engagement around sustainability.

The US is now home to the first offshore substation for wind power

Avangrid’s Vineyard Wind 1 offshore substation will collect power generated by 62 wind turbines and will bring it to shore through two export cables.

FERC issues final ruling to tackle clogged interconnection queues

All public utilities must adopt revised pro forma generator interconnection agreements and procedures under the final rule.

New CA program allows utilities to tap into customer-sited batteries

The program aims to meet the state’s growing electricity needs, particularly on hot summer evenings.

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Work underway to upgrade Ohio underground power lines

Nearly 1.5 miles of uncoated underground lines in Pepper Pike will be replaced with new power lines coated in a thick shell intended to make them more durable against the elements.

NREL tests electric grid optimizations using quantum computing

Initially, NREL and Atom Computing are exploring how quantum computing can improve decision-making on the re-routing of power between feeder lines.

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