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Find out more about the 1000 Home Challenge: Intro to the 1KHC Webinar on Friday, Apr 5, 2024 1 - 2:30 PM EDT (or May 3 or June 7 also 1:00 PM EDT) Does the Thousand Home Challenge align with your organizations goals? Get your questions answered about the Thousand Home Challenge, and gain an understanding of the energy performance criteria for meeting the Challenge. By attending, you will have a clearer idea of what it means to participate as a homeowner, consultant, contractor, or affiliated organization. Participating in this call is also the first step in the 1KHC application process. (Link to register in comments)

Did you know electric cooperatives use a collaborative approach to emergency planning and response? The mutual aid model allows co-ops to help each other out after major storms and disasters––it’s essentially neighbors helping neighbors. One of the seven cooperative principles is “Cooperation Among Cooperatives.” Mutual aid embodies this principle and is a vital part of how we operate and serve members of our local communities. Electric co-ops know we’re strongest when we work together.

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Attention Strata Managers: Do you manage buildings in your portfolio that include electrical or hot water embedded networks? If your answer is "YES", this upcoming webinar is for you. Help your Committees unravel the mysteries of residential embedded networks.

"To assist in the ongoing planning efforts surrounding the Reconnect South Park initiative, the federal government awarded $1.6 million in RCP funds to Seattle in 2022. Thus far, state funds have been used to explore four possible options to reimagine the SR-99 corridor: mitigation of adverse impacts, building a tunnel over the corridor, converting the corridor to a boulevard, or removing it entirely. Federal dollars will help further refine each possibility, centering the conversation around connectivity, safety, and equity." Read more about our Reconnect South Park efforts, courtesy of the American Planning Association: https://lnkd.in/gwVKCsWu.

The Allied Van Lines migration report is out. Oklahoma City's moving activity is shown in the attached national movers study. Use the following link to review state-by-state activity: https://lnkd.in/dJ3uy2ut

PNNL is hosting 'listening sessions' over the next month for their Inclusive Transmission Planning Project, divided into 4 participant groupings: Community, Tribal Representatives, State Agencies, and Transmission Planners. From their website: The goal of the virtual listening session is to: Identify potential sources of inequity in transmission planning processes. Capture experiences from listening session participants such as challenges, best practices, and lessons learned in transmission planning. Inform the development of resources including informational materials, research, and analysis. https://lnkd.in/gmqS9JAM

It's hard to believe that we are almost to October! And with it the standard change to North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)'s EOP-012 Version 2 Implementation Date. This standard change will close some important reliability gaps on the grid - enhancing emergency preparedness and response strategies. It's exciting to watch how the industry is stepping up to close the gaps! Here's a quick 4 item checklist to make sure you've considered all the elements of this new standard version: 1️⃣ Enhanced Response Plans: Emphasizes the need for more detailed and actionable emergency response plans. 2️⃣ Coordination Requirements: Strengthens requirements for coordination with external entities and stakeholders. Do you have a contact list? Do you know how quickly you need to make notifications? 3️⃣ Testing and Drills: Increases the frequency and scope of testing and drills to ensure preparedness. When is the last time and next time you will be testing? When in doubt, or making changes, TEST! 4️⃣ Documentation and Record-Keeping: Requires more comprehensive documentation and record-keeping of emergency response activities. Record everything, everything! If you aren't ready for October 1st EOP-012 deadline, let the Radian Generation help you figure out how to get across the finish line - pumpkin latte in hand 🧡

Want to gain insights on developing heat networks from a real estate perspective, and upcoming regulation to be aware of? 🎬 Learn more in this webinar from the British Property Federation - Heat networks: A hot topic for UK real estate. Jenny Curtis was joined by real estate developers, advisers and other heat network operators to discuss insights and experiences of developing heat networks and looking ahead to the potential impact of new regulation on the property sector. Click here to watch: https://lnkd.in/dhZV9fJR