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Hitachi Energy on March 10 announced additional major investments of more than $250 million by 2027 to expand global production of critical components for transformers.
Nebraska public power utility Lincoln Electric System is calling on its customers to take a brief online survey to help inform the utility’s strategic planning process.
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Texas public power utility Greenville Electric Utility System for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended
Florida public power utility JEA has promoted Alberto J. “A.J.” Souto to serve as treasurer for the utility. Souto assumed his new role on March 10.
A report prepared for the Western Electricity Coordinating Council aims to help educate policymakers about the exponential growth of large loads and highlight the challenges and risks to reliability that are driven by the interconnection of these facilities, which include data centers, cryptocurrency mining operations, large industrial manufacturing facilities, aggregate transportation electrification, and more.
U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and John Curtis (R-Utah), recently introduced the Basin Fund Preservation Act.
Effective March 10, the Ontario government has applied a 25 per cent surcharge on all electricity exports to the United States as part of the province’s initial suite of retaliatory measures to U.S. tariffs on Canada.
Utility regulators in Minnesota recently ruled that a Certificate of Need is required for emergency backup generators at Amazon Data Services Inc.’s proposed data center in Becker, Minnesota.