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Generation
Engine No. 1 and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. announced on Jan. 28 the formation of a partnership to build a new company to develop scalable, reliable power solutions for U.S.-based data centers that will receive power supplies from natural gas plants.
Distributed Energy Resources
In a recent interview with the American Public Power Association, Brian Wright, general manager for California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District, offers details on the utility’s plan to add additional renewable energy and carbon-free resources to its overall resource mix in the years ahead.
Electricity Markets
The White House Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Matthew Vaeth on Jan. 27 instructed all federal departments and agencies to pause all obligations or disbursements for “Federal financial assistance.”
Community Engagement
Arthur Adams, senior vice president of merchandise sales and marketing at the Jacksonville-based transportation supplier, joined the board of Florida public power utility JEA on Jan. 28 for its January meeting.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory joined forces with Tennessee public power utility EPB and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to demonstrate the first transmission of an entangled quantum signal using multiple wavelength channels and automatic polarization stabilization over a commercial network with no downtime.
Reliability
The House last week passed H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, by voice vote.
Workforce
The Tennessee Valley Authority has named Tom Rice as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 27.
Electricity Markets
The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities announced the election of David Haley as its new Board President.