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On this episode of Smart Energy Voices, we continue to highlight the winners of the 2023 DEI Impact Awards, recognizing power users driving the energy transition while advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. We speak with Sandeep Blah about the PSE&G Clean Energy Jobs Program, Bambi Ingram about the success and educational value of the UAB Solar House and Sustainable Community project, and Scott Gerba and Ashif Hassan about the Colin Powell Bloom Energy Fellowship. The DEI Impact Awards were sponsored by NRG.

Hawaiian Electric Company will add clean energy facilities, including two facilities located on the island of O‘ahu.

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced it is developing the Beaver Creek wind farm, a utility-scale wind project that will be located on the high plains in Stillwater County, Montana.

Ford Pro, the Ford Motor Company’s commercial division, announced plans to partner with Xcel Energy to support the deployment of 30,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging ports in Xcel Energy service territories across the U.S. by 2030.

Electric municipal utility Silicon Valley Power (SVP) will add a battery energy storage system (BESS) of up to 50 megawatts (MW) to enable additional local area capacity for electrical system reliability and flexibility.

Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) entered into a collaboration for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) using a Toyota bZ4X.

Virginia State University (VSU) and Dominion Energy Virginia entered into a partnership to develop a battery storage project that would provide backup power to VSU's Multi-Purpose Center (MPC).

The U.S. power sector recorded a marginal reduction of less than 1% in carbon emissions in 2022, according to an analysis of air emissions for the country's top 100 power producers.

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NiSource is on track for a 90% reduction in Scope 1 GHG emissions by 2030 compared to a 2005 baseline.