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The Tennessee Valley Authority on April 21 released a request for proposals for firm capacity between 50 to 1,000 megawatts.
An estimated $421 million in power transmission reliability investments are on the horizon through 2028, according to the latest update of ISO New England’s Regional System Plan Project List.
U.S. energy consumption decreases in the next several years before increasing again in the early 2040s through 2050, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s recently published Annual Energy Outlook 2025 (AEO2025).
The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program recently approved funding for various grants and scholarships.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on April 17 announced that the New York Power Authority and the City of Albany, N.Y., will co-develop a new 1.5-megawatt solar energy project at the capped North Albany/Shaker Park landfill.
Texas public power utility CPS Energy has expanded its existing Power Purchase Agreement with Avangrid by adding an additional 159.2 megawatts of wind energy from the Peñascal wind farm in Kenedy County, Texas.
The Bonneville Power Administration has energized a new high-voltage substation in north-central Oregon to meet increasing demands for electricity and support the interconnection of new generating resources in the Pacific Northwest, it said on April 17.
Michigan public power utility Grand Haven Board of Light & Power has begun the undergrounding of electrical lines in downtown Grand Haven.