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A new report prepared by the Brattle Group for the Pew Charitable Trusts finds that removing barriers and advancing policies that enable the use of more distributed energy resources -- including distributed solar, battery storage, and demand flexibility like managed electric vehicle (EV) charging --
Texas public power utility New Braunfels Utilities has achieved a significant safety milestone, reaching 1 million work hours without a lost time incident. This designation means that no NBU employee has encountered a workplace related injury that resulted in missed workdays since June 16, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and Office of Electricity (OE) have partnered with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to conduct the first ever seismic testing on an operational 230-kV power transformer. Testing will take
Washington State's Grant PUD is strengthening its commitment to local families and individuals facing financial hardship by increasing the annual Share the Light energy assistance benefit from $300 to $500 per household, it said in early November. Funded primarily through voluntary customer and
The Imperial Irrigation District is moving forward with a major investment to replace its aging Unit 4 power plant at the El Centro Generating Station, expanding the District's ability to produce its own electricity and reducing its reliance on outside energy markets, it said on Nov. 4. The IID
Recent storm systems brought significant rainfall and runoff across central Arizona, which generated substantial inflows into the Salt and Verde River reservoir system and helped replenish water supplies following several years of dry conditions, Arizona public power utility Salt River Project said
A flurry of recent major announcements show that utilities and companies including Google and Amazon are seeking to leverage nuclear uprates as part of a broader strategy to meet growing power supply needs. Utilities have been using power uprates since the 1970s as a way to increase the power output
At the Board of Commissioners Meeting on December 15, Florida public power utility OUC will propose a fuel rate decrease that would save customers about $5 a month, resulting in approximately $3.3 million in monthly savings for all OUC electric customers. If approved, the rate would take effect in