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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed NRC staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company’s proposed Hermes 2 non-power test reactor facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Platte River Power Authority recently appointed Travis Hunter to the new position of chief generation and transmission officer following an internal restructuring process.
The Department of Energy’s Office of Policy announced this week that the American Public Power Association is one of five organizations that will receive funding to develop “blueprints” for developing projects making use of elective pay energy tax credits.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Nov. 20 announced up to $2.2 billion in award commitments for two Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs.
Toyota Alabama, Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. and Alabama public power utility Huntsville Utilities recently celebrated the completion of a $49 million solar project made possible by a joint power purchase agreement.
At Kerrville Public Utility Board’s November board meeting, the Texas public power utility’s board of trustees directed KPUB’s management to pursue the construction of a natural gas-fired power plant.
Voters in Burlington, Vermont, this month overwhelmingly approved a proposed $20 million Burlington Electric Department Net Zero Energy and Grid Reliability Revenue Bond, with a margin of 79.6% in favor.
Two Bonneville Power Administration lineworkers, Zachariah Butler and Travis Asling, have been recognized for their quick and decisive actions that helped to save lives and prevented damage to power lines during a brush fire near BPA's Covington District Office.