Energy

Los Alamos County To Hold Conversation On Home Energy Innovation & Insights Monday Nov. 18

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County invites community members to join a public conversation on Home Energy Innovation & Insights scheduled 5:30-8 p.m. Nov. 18 in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building. This free event is open to homeowners, builders, and anyone interested in improving home energy efficiency.

Key presentations will feature insights from Sandra McCardell of Current – C Energy Systems, Architect Steve Shaw, and Engineer Massoud Mogadham, focusing on practical solutions for residential energy conservation, particularly addressing windows, doors, and insulation Read More

DPU Earns National Customer Satisfaction Award

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COUNTY News:

On Monday, the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) was presented a Public Power Customer Satisfaction Award for providing excellent service to Los Alamos County.

The recognition came from the American Public Power Association (APPA) at its annual conference in Louisville, Ky.

There are approximately 2,000 public power providers nationwide.

APPA presented the award to 20 utilities that received high marks from customers in:

  • Customer service;
  • Field personnel;
  • Communication;
  • Reliability;
  • Value;
  • Outage response;
  • Innovation; and
  • Overall satisfaction.

“We Read More

Mead: ‘Power Humor’

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By William Mead
Los Alamos

At election time it might be good to have some “power” humor.

We have a friend in White Rock who recently had a computer zapped by a power “outage”, even though it was on a surge suppressor. That got us wondering how you can tell if a surge suppressor still works. In the search, we happened on this great (perhaps apocryphal) story.

“Here’s a story: Back when I was doing power supplies one product needed a qualification test to see if it would safely isolate itself from the AC line for a fault. Isolation was achieved by using a huge (size of a frozen orange juice can) SCR to short the Read More

PEEC To Host Heat Pump Panel Discussion Wednesday

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PEEC and DPU Heat Pump Panel Discussion Wednesday at Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The community is invited to join PEEC and Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) for a Heat Pump Panel Discussion 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road.

This informative panel discussion will cover everything one needs to know about heating and cooling with heat pumps. This event will feature four community members who will share their insights and experiences with various heat pump systems.

The DPU will facilitate the discussion, Read More

White Rock And LANL Power Restored Following 4 Hour Norton Transmission Line Issue

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COUNTY News:

All power has been restored to electric customers after an outage affected White Rock and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) due to an issue with the Norton transmission line.

The outage began at 9:25 p.m. Sunday. The Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) reenergized the transmission line around 1:30 a.m. today, which resolved the outage.

The Norton Transmission line is one of two electric transmission lines that feed Los Alamos County and LANL. Read More

Sen. Heinrich Tours UbiQD, Touts Success Of Tech Transfer

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, left, speaking with UbiQD Founder/CEO Hunter McDaniel during his tour of UbiQD’s advanced materials and technology manufacturing facility Wednesday at 134 Eastgate Drive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, second from left, with UbiQD Founder/CEO Hunter McDaniel speaks with scientists during his tour Wednesday at UbiQD. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

  • Los Alamos-based UbiQD is expanding its local advanced materials and technology manufacturing facility to produce quantum
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DPU Update: Power Should Be Restored To All Customers

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities has announced in an update at 8:10 p.m. regarding the outage along San Ildefonso Road, that “power should be restored to all customers”.

The outage was caused by a failed switch near Broadway.

The County thanks those involved for their patience. Read More

Power Outage Underway Along San Ildefonso Road

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Map where power outage has occurred in the area of San Ildefonso Road. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

A power outage has occurred in the area of San Ildefonso Road.

Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) line crews are actively working to locate the source of the outage.

Approximately 278 customers are affected.

At this time, there is no estimated time for restoration. Read More

Catch Of The Week: American Water Cyber Attack

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For The Los Alamos Daily Post

Utilities such as gas, water and electric are necessities it is easy to take for granted. Loss of service due to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, happen; but what would happen if a utility company suffered a cyber-attack?

Unfortunately, that is just what happened earlier this month to American Water, the largest publicly traded utilities company in America. American Water is a major supplier of water in the US, serving more than 14 million customers across 14 states and 18 military installations. The company employs about Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Near-Earth Asteroid Data Helps Probe Possible Fifth Force Of The Universe

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Bennu and other nearby asteroids. Courtesy/NASA

LANL News:

  • Analysis uses Bennu trajectory in effort to extend the Standard Model of physics

In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In addition to the information about the universe gleaned from the sample itself, the data generated by OSIRIS-REx might also present an opportunity to probe new physics. As described in the journal Communications Physics, a Nature journal, an international research team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory used the asteroid’s tracking Read More