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Public Utilities, Waste Management

GFL Sees Record Solid Waste Pricing in 2023, Provides Guidance for 2024

February 21, 2024

Via: Waste360

GFL (NYSE: GFL) (TSX: GFL) released its Q4 and full-year 2023 earnings, citing a record year in solid waste pricing for its continual growth. Solid waste pricing for the full year reached 9.8 percent, the highest in the Vaughan, Canada-based […]


Infrastructure, Public Works

Removing demand charge utility tariffs for EV charging will raise CO2 emissions

February 21, 2024

Via: Utility Dive

With the transportation sector being the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., and the transition to EVs taking shape to combat the issue, the build-out of charging infrastructure must keep pace with the transition to serve the […]


Infrastructure, Public Works

NextGen Highways launches effort to build transmission lines along public right of way in Minnesota

February 20, 2024

Via: Utility Dive

The U.S. Department of Energy’s latest National Transmission Needs study, released in October, says the United States needs about 47,000 GW-miles of new high-voltage transmission capacity by 2035 under a moderate load-growth, high clean-energy scenario. That represents a 57% increase […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

California Navigates Food Waste Recycling Challenges

February 20, 2024

Via: Waste360

California’s two-year-old organic waste reduction initiative faces significant challenges as the state struggles to implement food recycling programs effectively, jeopardizing waste-reduction targets. The initiative aims to mitigate methane emissions by diverting organic materials such as food scraps and yard waste […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

U.S. Needs to Advance Compost Infrastructure to Mitigate Climate Change

February 20, 2024

Via: Waste360

About one-third of all food in the United States is thrown away; much of this goes into landfills, where it produces large amounts of planet-warming methane. If this were composted instead, these emissions would shrink, and the process would produce […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

Verizon to deploy private 5G networks across NHL arenas

February 19, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

U.S. carrier Verizon and the National Hockey League (NHL) announced a multi-year sponsorship renewal under which the telco will continue to be the league’s official partner in the 5G field. Additionally, as an official technology partner for the NHL, Verizon […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

How can generative AI be safely introduced into the telecom domain? (Reader Forum)

February 19, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

In April, Bain & Co published a report about the potential effect of Generative AI (GenAI) on the world’s telecom companies. Given the title: Telcos, Stop Debating Generative AI and Just Get Going – the urgency of the message was […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Houston Sees Increased Involvement in Food Waste Recycling Pilot Program

February 15, 2024

Via: Waste360

Houston, Texas is a few weeks into its food waste composting program, and it is seeing a steady increase in participation. Back on January 22, Houston kicked off the composting pilot program in partnership with Zero Waste Houston. The program […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Virginia clean energy competition bill faces uncertain fate after collapsed negotiations

February 15, 2024

Via: Utility Dive

“In particular, we were concerned about the infeasibility and cost of increasing the distributed solar carve-out. This would have added hundreds of millions of dollars a year in new costs onto our customers,” Ruby said in an email. “We worked […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

The hidden costs of competition over new transmission infrastructure

February 14, 2024

Via: Utility Dive

Americans need power, and whether that electricity is supplied by traditional hydrocarbons or renewable technology, it must be transported through the long-distance high-voltage transmission lines that comprise the backbone of the energy grid. Whichever power source makes up this mix […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

State utility regulators urge PJM, MISO to bolster joint interregional transmission planning

February 14, 2024

Via: Utility Dive

State utility regulators are urging the PJM Interconnection and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator to bolster joint long-term interregional transmission planning between their footprints. “The transition from dispatchable thermal generators to intermittent, clean energy resources, and a surge in electric […]


Infrastructure, Public Works

Utilities, EV charging companies must collaborate to avoid bulk power system disruptions: NERC

February 14, 2024

Via: Utility Dive

While the early load impacts of EV adoption have materialized at the local level — a few new vehicles can stress neighborhood feeders, say experts — NERC is concerned that as penetration levels rise, there may be reliability issues on […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

The City of Long Beach Approves Bioenergy Devco’s Bid for Organics Recycling Facility

February 13, 2024

Via: Waste360

The City of Long Beach has entered into exclusive negotiations with Bioenergy Devco, the North American division of BTS Bioenergy, to construct an organics recycling facility that will recycle food waste, converting it to an organic soil amendment and renewable […]


Other Utilities, Public Utilities

WM Reports Q4 and Full-Year Earnings for 2023

February 13, 2024

Via: Waste360

WM (NYSE: WM) reported its Q4 and full-year 2023 results, showing resiliency in severe weather conditions and operational efficiencies through technology implementation. Jim Fish, CEO, reported that WM’s collection and disposal business drove growth for the company, which achieved an […]


Public Institutions, Public Works

Senators look to harden the unemployment system for the next crisis

February 13, 2024

Via: FCW

The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee have a bipartisan framework for legislation they say would equip the unemployment system for the next economic crisis. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, announced their plans last […]


Infrastructure, Public Works

USDOT supports junk fee ban for truckers

February 12, 2024

Via: Transportation Today News

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) threw its support behind a proposed junk fee ban that would protect towing fees for truckers. In a comment filed on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule banning junk fees, the […]


Public Works

Ransomware attack forces Colorado public defenders to disable network

February 12, 2024

Via: Transportation Today News

The Office of Colorado State Public defenders was forced to shut down its computer network on Monday, after officials became aware of malware-encrypted data within its system. The “cybersecurity incident,” first reported by the Denver Post, is the latest in […]


Other Utilities, Public Utilities

Clean Energy’s Renewable Natural Gas Digester at Tri-Cross Dairy Begins Production

February 9, 2024

Via: Waste360

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) announced the successful completion and operational launch of its latest renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility at Tri-Cross Dairy in Viborg, South Dakota. The new RNG facility sits on a 5,000-cow dairy farm and […]


Public Institutions, Public Works

House and Senate panels advance bills targeting federal tech

February 9, 2024

Via: FCW

House and Senate committees have advanced bipartisan bills looking to reform federal technology personnel, processes, acquisition and more. While it’s not clear if and how any of these bills might pass through Congress in a busy election year with funding […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

PET to PET Recycling Austria Sees Small Drop in Recycled Bottle Tonnage in 2023

February 8, 2024

Via: Waste360

PET to PET Recycling Austria sees little change from 2022 to 2023 as the initiative reports it recycled just over 32,000 tonnes of PET bottles. In 2022, it was reported that the overall tonnage of PET bottles recycled was 32,900, […]