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CIM Group, a real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender and developer, and Novva Data Centers, a data center company, announced on March 5 that they recently closed a new commitment of $2 billion in financing from J.P. Morgan and Starwood Property Trust to complete the build-out of Novva’s 175-MW Salt Lake City data center.
The U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 issued a 5-4 decision in which it held that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority under the Clean Water Act to set restrictions in water pollutant discharge permits that achieve an “end-result” for receiving waters, finding that it is the agency’s responsibility to determine the steps a permittee must take to ensure water quality standards are met.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water on March 5 said it will issue a request for proposals for 100-MW of solar generation and 80-MW of utility scale battery storage on March 14.
Effective Feb. 28, 2025, The Williams Companies entered into an agreement with an unnamed large, investment-grade company to provide onsite natural gas and power generation infrastructure for the customer, Williams said in a recent filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
PJM Interconnection has launched the new NextGen planning tool, which is designed to be a one-stop shop for stakeholders and PJM planners that will further streamline the generation interconnection process, it said on March 4.
The Tennessee Valley Authority on March 7 said it is calling on the nation’s premier Battery Energy Storage System developers to submit proposals for a 100-megawatt BESS system at the utility’s Kingston Energy Complex under construction in Roane County, Tennessee.
Orlando Alancastro has been selected as Vice President of Transmission for Florida public power utility Orlando Utilities Commission, overseeing the planning, engineering, operations, and maintenance of OUC’s electric transmission and substations.
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded California community choice aggregator Silicon Valley Clean Energy to an A3 investment-grade credit rating.