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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service on Sept. 18 issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and additional guidance on the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit as expanded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Sandhills Energy is set to begin construction on two solar projects in Iowa – each exceeding 4 megawatts – in Indianola and Waverly, Iowa, both of which are public power communities.
The PJM Interconnection recently tested its ability to temporarily reduce voltage in order to practice and validate an emergency procedure used to ease system conditions under extreme circumstances.
The Ephraim Hydropower Facility in the public power community of Ephraim City, Utah, recently was inducted into a hydropower project Hall of Fame.
California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District recently named a newly-built water pump station the Joseph “Joe” R. Aguera Pump Station, in recognition of Joe Aguera, a TDPUD board director, 37 years of service.
The White House on Sept. 12 convened leaders from hyperscalers, artificial intelligence companies, datacenter operators, and utility companies. Participants considered strategies to meet clean energy, permitting, and workforce requirements for developing large-scale AI datacenters and power infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations in the United States,
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Sept. 18 approved two Federal Emergency Management Agency bills backed by the American Public Power Association.
Moody’s Ratings and the Kroll Bond Rating Agency have both upgraded their ratings on the New York Power Authority’s revenue bonds.