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Government and private groups plan to transition 285 fleet vehicles to low-emission electric options. This combined effort will reduce CO2 emissions by over 7,000 tons per year.

PacifiCorp, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, signed a 30-year, 320 MW PPA with for the electricity to be produced by the Boswell Springs wind project located in eastern Wyoming with Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.

An energy storage project in Pascoag, Rhode Island reached commercial operation to bring reliable and affordable clean energy to the Pascoag Utility District (PUD).

San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) ordered Mitsubishi Power’s Emerald storage solutions for four utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totaling 39 MW/180 megawatt hours.

The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched two new program offices – the Grid Deployment Office and the Office of State and Community Energy Programs.

Cajon Valley Union School added fast chargers for its buses that also can put electricity back on the grid.

The city of Memphis and Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) plans to complete a LED street lighting, controls and networking project designed to reduce energy costs citywide.

You already know Texas electricity prices can spike dramatically. Are you ready for a record-breaking summer? In this column, Darren Legge of Ndustrial explains how large energy users can find ways to manage their risk.

“If we don’t make major strides on interconnection reforms in the next few years, it will be impossible to achieve our more aggressive state and national clean energy goals,” according to Solar Energy Industries Association. In this whitepaper, "Lessons from the Front Line: Principles and Recommendations for Large-scale and Distributed Energy Interconnection Reforms," SEIA discusses the various opportunities utilities and regulators have to standardize, automate, and clarify interconnection procedures and policies.

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to build four microgrids equipped with energy storage.