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A new nuclear unit at a site in Georgia has safely reached initial criticality, Georgia Power announced on March 6.
PJM Interconnection and its stakeholders have begun an expedited process to address capacity market design issues related to maintaining resource adequacy.
The Environmental Protection Agency on March 8 proposed to strengthen wastewater discharge standards that apply to coal-fired power plants.
Santee Cooper has issued a request for proposals to assist in meeting specific load growth expectations in their service territory starting January 1, 2024.
Legislation has been introduced in the Florida Legislature that would give state utility regulators the ability to regulate public power utilities with customers outside city boundaries.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security in late February approved a bill that would set up redundant cyber incident reporting mandates.
In the wake of recent power outages affecting parts of Michigan, communities in the state recently took steps to explore the option of municipalization.
Participants’ governing boards in the Carbon Free Power Project being developed by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems are moving forward with the development and deployment of a small modular reactor project, UAMPS reported on Feb. 28.