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The Arizona Corporation Commission recently approved an amended certificate of environmental compatibility for the Salt River Project’s Coolidge Expansion Project, a flexible, fast-ramping natural gas plant. Arizona public power utility SRP said the plant will help it “cost-effectively and reliably
Eight years after its last such review, the Santee Cooper Board of Directors on June 20 approved a comprehensive study of its electric rates to address a projected revenue shortfall beginning in 2025. The study is expected to take approximately a year and will include rate needs for residential
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration on June 26 announced how it has allocated $42.45 billion of funding to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five territories to deploy high-speed Internet service to everyone in America.
SPONSORED ADVERTISING FEATURE NuScale Power reached a historic milestone in January 2023 when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its final rule certifying the company’s design for a small modular reactor. It was the first small modular reactor design certified by the federal regulatory agency
The American Public Power Association is offering new resources to its member utilities related to implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and other federal funding programs.
Florida public power utility Gainesville Regional Utilities is reducing its electric fuel adjustment on July 1, saving a residential electric customer using 1,000 kWh $15 a month, it said on June 26.
California community choice aggregator Clean Power Alliance has arranged for the issuance of its second municipal non-recourse Clean Energy Project Revenue Bond through the California Community Choice Financing Authority, the CCA said on June 20.
The Board of Port Commissioners for the Port of Oakland, Calif., recently agreed to purchase up to $13.5 million worth of geothermal energy over 12 years.