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APPA and the Large Public Power Council recently filed comments at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on FERC’s proposed rule that preliminarily finds that existing North American Electric Reliability Corporation supply chain risk management reliability standards have gaps and may be insufficient to protect against the myriad of cyber supply chain threats.
AMP recently welcome the Borough of Chambersburg, Pa., as the newest AMP member.
Washington State’s Chelan PUD welcomed three new senior managers in recent months -- Chief Energy Resources Officer Janet Jaspers, Chief Financial and Risk Officer Sridhar Krishnan and Dan Koch, Chief Operating Officer.
Xcel Energy is increasing its wildfire detection and mitigation efforts in the Texas Panhandle by introducing artificial intelligence to spot fires early, the company said.
The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program approved $477,961 in funding for nine public power utility projects that aim to improve utility operations and services with novel techniques and technologies.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, on Dec. 3 announced it will release a request for proposals to identify nuclear energy developers to help the company meet its artificial intelligence innovation and sustainability objectives -- targeting 1-4 gigawatts of new nuclear generation capacity in the U.S.
Texas public power utility CPS Energy has completed winter readiness and preparations for the upcoming winter season, it reported on Dec. 2.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a $55 million grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Port of San Francisco and San Francisco Bay Ferry to complete the nation’s first-ever high-speed zero-emission ferry network connecting critical transportation hubs.