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Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Nov. 20 announced the sixth Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement for a 455 megawatt (MW) natural gas power plant in the Houston area. NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) will build the plant, which is expected to begin generating power for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power region in 2028.
APPA on Nov. 19 filed comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Notice of Inquiry (NOI) titled “Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireline Deployments” regarding Section 253 of the Communications Act of 1934.
APPA joined a coalition in sending a letter to House and Senate leadership to “urge Congress to enact policies to modernize Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA).”
A surplus line truck vehicle donation from the Grand River Dam Authority will soon help boost the mission of the High Voltage Line Program at the Oklahoma State University Institute.
Colorado Springs Utilities has secured a long-term deal that will save its customers millions of dollars on natural gas over the next 30 years, it recently reported.
Carlos Woody has been appointed as Chief Legal Officer for the Orlando Utilities Commission, where he will oversee all legal affairs.
EPB’s fiber optic network and automated electric grid have generated $5.3 billion in community benefit since their launch in 2010, according to a peer-reviewed economic impact study conducted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the Tennessee public power utility reported on Nov. 21.
Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD this month hosted the Safe Haven Exercise -– a tabletop exercise that was focused on the response to a cyber security incident that leads to physical impacts to critical electric infrastructure.