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Transmission
The $7 billion, 800-mile Grain Belt Express electric transmission infrastructure project on Oct. 12 secured approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission for its request to amend its existing certificate of convenience and necessity. The decision marks the last required state siting approval
Generation
Bret Colby, Principal for Nuclear Oversight at Texas public power utility CPS Energy, has been named as a member of a Public Utility Commission of Texas Advanced Nuclear Working Group.
Generation
Bret Colby, Principal for Nuclear Oversight at Texas public power utility CPS Energy, has been named as a member of a Public Utility Commission of Texas Advanced Nuclear Working Group.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Tennessee Valley Authority is pursuing a 100-megawatt solar generation pilot project on a closed coal ash site at the Shawnee Fossil Plant near Paducah, Kentucky.
Reliability
The Austin, Texas, City Council on Oct. 5 approved a new tool to aid public power utility Austin Energy in wildfire detection and response.
Transmission
Several Upper Midwest energy companies filed plans on Sept. 29 with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to move forward with a transmission project in Minnesota and northeastern South Dakota.
Grid Modernization
New York Power Authority President and CEO Justin Driscoll recently met with Rochester, N.Y., Mayor Malik Evans to highlight NYPA’s $500,000 Smart Cities grant funding to support the purchase of smart nodes for the city’s streetlighting system.
Electricity Markets
The City Council of San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 3 took an initial step forward to explore the possibility of forming a municipal utility for electric service.