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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 19 proposed to require new or modified critical infrastructure standards “to address the growing risks posed by malicious actors seeking to compromise the reliable operation of the bulk-power system,” it said.
BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX on Sept. 17 announced the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership to make investments in new and expanded data centers to meet growing demand for computing power, as well as energy infrastructure to create new sources of power for these facilities.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service on Sept. 18 issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and additional guidance on the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit as expanded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Sandhills Energy is set to begin construction on two solar projects in Iowa – each exceeding 4 megawatts – in Indianola and Waverly, Iowa, both of which are public power communities.
The PJM Interconnection recently tested its ability to temporarily reduce voltage in order to practice and validate an emergency procedure used to ease system conditions under extreme circumstances.
The Ephraim Hydropower Facility in the public power community of Ephraim City, Utah, recently was inducted into a hydropower project Hall of Fame.
California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District recently named a newly-built water pump station the Joseph “Joe” R. Aguera Pump Station, in recognition of Joe Aguera, a TDPUD board director, 37 years of service.
The White House on Sept. 12 convened leaders from hyperscalers, artificial intelligence companies, datacenter operators, and utility companies. Participants considered strategies to meet clean energy, permitting, and workforce requirements for developing large-scale AI datacenters and power infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations in the United States,