The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission is due to receive comments on a community power electric aggregation plan for the town of Bristol. The plan aims to provide universal access, reliability, and equitable treatment of all classes of customers subject to any differences arising from varying opportunities, tariff, and arrangements between different electric distribution utilities in their respective franchise territories. The plan also seeks to meet the basic environmental and service standards established by the commission and other agencies, laws, and rules concerning the provision of service under Community Power. DE 24-072

The New York Public Service Commission is due to receive comments on Hecate Grid Swiftsure LLC’s application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build and operate an approximately 650-megawatt energy storage facility in Richmond County, Staten Island. The project is expected to be located on about eight acres of land consisting of a tier one lithium-ion storage system, with an interconnection to Consolidated Edison Company of New York’s Fresh Kills substation. 23-E-0421

The Iowa Utilities Board will hold a meeting to discuss challenges and solutions for maintaining the reliability and resilience of Iowa’s electric grid this summer. The board has outlined questions for utilities to answer regarding summer preparedness and grid resilience. While dockets opened in previous years address potential shortfalls in capacity during peak usage days in the summer and winter, the board considers it important to understand how electric utilities are working to ensure their systems are resilient to catastrophic failures. Therefore, the board has opened a docket to continue its dialogue regarding utilities’ seasonal preparedness and inquire into grid resilience. INU-2024-0001

The Geologic Energy Management Division of the California Department of Conservation seeks information on technologies and processes that can be used to effectively ensure leaks associated with oil and gas operations are detected using cost-effective technologies. The main objective of the request for information is to detect leaks quickly, including those that are in-field and leaving the fence line, so that operators can respond and be required to take action without delay. Input gathered from this RFI, along with additional discussions with stakeholders, will guide future actions that may include implementation of leak detection and response plan requirements.

The Michigan Public Service Commission staff is required to file a straw proposal providing a methodology for determining the proportional share of the statewide minimum energy storage target for rate-regulated utilities and alternative energy suppliers. Comments on the proposal are due by Aug. 1. After a standard methodology has been established, the commission envisions that the methodology will become a part of the integrated resource plan filing requirements for regulated utilities during the next update process and will be incorporated into the capacity demonstration process for alternative suppliers. U-21571