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Electric Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced on Dec. 12 the closing of a $1.25 billion loan guarantee ($1.05 billion of principal and $193 million of capitalized interest) to EVgo Swift Borrower LLC to expand public electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Generation
Energy Northwest has selected AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. as the Owner's Engineer for its small modular reactor project development in Washington state.
The Dawson Public Power District Board of Directors reviewed a cost-of-service study at its December Board Meeting, the Nebraska public power utility reported.
Bills and Rates
The Dawson Public Power District Board of Directors reviewed a cost-of-service study at its December Board Meeting, the Nebraska public power utility reported.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Pasadena, California, City Council recently approved plans for 50 megawatts of solar power from Grace Orchard Solar III, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources.
Electricity Markets
The Jefferson County PUD Board of Commissioners approved a capacity charge for new and upgraded electric service during their December regular meeting. The one-time fee will help fund essential infrastructure projects to meet new demand. The charge goes into effect February 3, 2025, the Washington State PUD said.
Reliability
Snohomish County PUD Commissioner Sid Logan, Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring, and PUD General Manager John Haarlow were recently joined by elected officials and community members for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Jennings Park Substation in Marysville, Washington State.
Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1 returned to operation on December 10 after the team completing a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage that will add approximately 24 megawatts of electricity to the unit’s typical 1,200-MW output.
Generation
U.S. natural gas consumption grew by 1% to reach a new annual high of 89.4 billion cubic feet per day in 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration, and continued growing in the first nine months of 2024.
Energy Storage
Energy Vault Holdings on Dec. 11 announced a strategic partnership with RackScale Data Centers that aims to accelerate the delivery of 2 gigawatts of firm, primary power to data center sites developed by RSDC through the deployment of Energy Vault's proprietary B-Nest™ hyperscale battery energy storage system.