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The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Governing Board unanimously approved several infrastructure initiatives aimed at improving reliability, resilience, and efficiency across the Territory’s power system.
How Sacramento Municipal Utility District has been implementing AI to advance both its customer service and internal business management.
Energy Northwest on Oct. 23 announce that it is in negotiations with Cascade Nuclear Partners, an equal joint venture comprised of Kiewit Nuclear Solutions Co., Black & Veatch and Aecon, to collaboratively complete the planning, design, and construction of the first four of 12 Xe-100 SMRs under a progressive design-build model.
Texas public power utility Austin Energy is taking a major step forward in meeting the City’s climate and reliability goals, agreeing to a large-scale battery storage contract with Jupiter Power to provide up to 100 megawatts of electricity from a utility-scale battery storage facility, the utility said on Oct. 23.
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘A’ rating of Heartland Energy with a stable outlook.
Aligned Data Centers and Calibrant Energy on Oct. 22 announced a first-of-its-kind agreement under which Calibrant will deliver a 31 MW/62 MWh battery energy storage system at Aligned’s data center campus in the Pacific Northwest.
In a series of posts on its website, the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation details the various factors driving power in layman’s terms as part of a proactive effort to cut through the complexities of electricity markets and educate customers.
The American Public Power Association, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Large Public Power Council (LPPC), and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) recently submitted a letter supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding modernization of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).