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The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency on April 15 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Energy Center I, a state-of-the-art RICE (Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine) power plant designed to deliver 75 net megawatts of capacity.
The Western Area Power Administration, through the Colorado River Storage Project Region, is soliciting proposals on behalf of DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration for up to 55 MW of Western States Power Pool Schedule C Firm Capacity and Energy. The proposed contract is for the full
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued final Class VI permits to Oxy Low Carbon Ventures LLC for three wells for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide in Ector County, Texas.
The following is a transcript of the March 10, 2025, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA’s
The American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on April 10 sent a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in support of continued implementation of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) recently introduced S. 1429, the Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience (POWER) Act, which would help communities recover from disasters and make investments to become more resilient in the future.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation on April 10 filed the proposed Reliability Standard EOP-012-3 – Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness and Operations with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Four Republican senators have joined in an April 9 letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in support of the energy credit provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.