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Electricity generators plan to retire 12.3 gigawatts of capacity in 2025, a 65% increase in retirements compared with 2024, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported.
A new Purdue University-led study prepared for the Indiana Office of Energy Development explores the feasibility and potential impact of implementing small modular reactors in the state.
To meet the growing power demands of the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area, the Salt River Project issued a 2025 All-Source Request for Proposals on February 24.
A revised transmission “Right of First Refusal” bill was introduced in the Wisconsin legislature this month.
Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD recently selected Jeff Bishop as its next Chief Financial Officer following a nationwide recruitment search. Bishop will join the PUD on March 3.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved capacity market rule changes for the next two PJM capacity auctions to address reliability and cost-effectiveness as PJM and stakeholders collaborate on longer-term solutions to the imbalance of electricity supply and demand.
The Arizona House Committee on Natural Resources, Energy, and Water has passed legislation to accelerate the development of small modular reactors that are co-located with large industrial energy users like data centers or uses to replace or expand generation at existing baseload power plants.
The Council on Environmental Quality on Feb. 20 issued an interim final rule removing CEQ regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act from the Code of Federal Regulations. The interim final rule also requests comments “on this action and related matters to inform CEQ’s decision