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Jaison Busby was recently named Vice President of Digital and Technology for Florida public power utility OUC.
At their annual meeting, members of the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council elected Brian Horton, Kissimmee Utility Authority’s President and General Manager, as secretary/treasurer of the organization’s Board of Directors.
The Tennessee Valley Authority has selected the option to construct and operate a simple cycle, frame combustion turbine facility at the New Caledonia site in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority approved its second natural gas prepayment agreement on Feb. 12, saving the public power utility a projected $1.16 million annually in fuel costs.
Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren, is planning for 1,500 MW of new nuclear energy generation by 2045, it said on Feb. 14. “Nuclear operates regardless of weather and can provide a clean, steady supply of energy that customers will need in the future,” it said in detailing an updated generation
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WPPI Energy is readying itself for the future with key changes to its leadership team, it said on Feb. 14.
Lincoln Electric System customers have reduced the community’s net annual energy consumption by 147,000 megawatt-hours, the equivalent of the annual energy consumption of more than 15,000 homes, over 15 years through LES’ Sustainable Energy Program, the Nebraska public power utility recently said.