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The Austin, Texas, City Council on Dec. 12 unanimously adopted public power Austin Energy’s Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2035, providing a flexible path to a clean energy future that incorporates the community’s core values of reliability, affordability, environmental sustainability and energy equity.
Wisconsin public power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities on Dec. 10 announced that its Community Solar Garden is now operational MPU, in conjunction with a developer, built a 1,500 KW community solar generation facility. After many months of construction, the developer commissioned the solar garden
The country’s largest proposed solar project, Sunstone Solar, received its final approval from the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council.
Intersect Power on Dec. 10 announced a strategic partnership with Google and TPG Rise Climate to provide scaled renewable power and storage solutions to new data centers.
Energy New England LLC and Utility Services of Vermont announced that Devon Tremont will be leading USV as the next President of USV.
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta in early December announced it will build a $10 billion artificial intelligence data center in northeast Louisiana.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 9 passed disaster recovery bills supported by the American Public Power Association.
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