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The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has received a $1.9 million federal grant to help to replace portions of aging natural gas infrastructure.
A new report from the Electric Power Research Institute examines power demand from the deployment of artificial intelligence and data centers.
Twelve line workers from North Carolina’s Fayetteville Public Works Commission were scheduled to depart on June 1 to spend two weeks to help build electric infrastructure within the Navajo Nation.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the official opening of a first-of-its-kind, world-class electric grid and power systems laboratory based at NY CREATES’ Albany NanoTech Complex, the nation’s most advanced non-profit semiconductor research and development facility. Created by the New York Power Authority, the lab provides real-time electric grid simulation to evaluate future scenarios and to test the impacts of new and improved technologies on the bulk electric system without placing the state’s electric grid at risk.
The North American Energy Standards Board will initiate an industry-wide effort to develop a standardized sale and purchase agreement for hydrogen through its open development process.
The Federal Highway Administration on May 30 published a notice of funding opportunity for the second round of the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program.
California public power utility Alameda Municipal Power announced the departure of General Manager Nicolas Procos to pursue a new opportunity after nearly seven years with the city.
The White House on May 29 announced the creation of a Nuclear Power Project Management and Delivery working group to help identify opportunities to proactively mitigate sources of cost and schedule overrun risk.