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Colorado Springs Utilities has entered into a pilot project to provide responsibly sourced gas (RSG) to its customers.
California public power utility SMUD has released a plan to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from its power supply by 2030.
The Grant County Public Utility District in Washington State with Energy Northwest and X-energy have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of an advanced nuclear reactor demonstration project.
Nucor Corporation has signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Orsted Onshore North America, LLC for 100 megawatts from Orsted's Western Trail wind farm in North Texas.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) is looking to procure at least 1,000 megawatts of renewable energy resource capacity and at least 500 MW of energy storage resource capacity with an effective duration of four hours under a request for proposals (RFP) PREPA has issued.
A bipartisan group of 12 senators recently introduced the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Tax Credit Amendments Act of 2021.
Belmont Light in Massachusetts has developed an energy resource planning model with the help of a Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) grant from the American Public Power Association.
Seattle City Light, along with other local government agencies, has released a plan to transition the city to a transportation system with lower greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution while increasing electric mobility options and creating a pipeline of clean energy jobs and workforce diversity.