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Public power utilities across the U.S. were recently recognized by the American Public Gas Association through APGA's System Operational Achievement Recognition (SOAR) program, which honors public natural gas systems that have achieved excellence in the operation of their natural gas utility.
Glenn Gavit has been named the director of the City of College Station’s electric utility, City Manager Bryan Woods said Friday. Gavit has served as interim director since Timothy Crabb retired in May.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Aug. 4 announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s efforts to strengthen domestic supply chains for nuclear fuel.
Lightshift Energy, in partnership with Massachusetts public power utility Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department and the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, on July 31announced the commercial operation of a five-megawatt battery energy storage system that will power two Wakefield high schools and operate as a resilient, grid-connected microgrid.
California public power utility Burbank Water and Power on July 31 announced the groundbreaking of what will become Burbank’s largest solar system.
Iowa public power utility Waverly Utilities (WU), in collaboration with Sandhills Energy, recently began construction on the state-of-the-art 3.6-megawatt solar generation facility.
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company and Westinghouse Electric Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration opportunities for the deployment of advanced nuclear energy solutions in the United States, Westinghouse said on July 25.
NorthWestern Energy has signed a letter of intent to provide energy services for Quantica Infrastructure’s proposed data center development in Montana.