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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted PJM’s proposal to extend the existing price collar used in the two most recent capacity auctions for two more future delivery years.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation recently filed its Inverter-Based Resource Registration work plan update with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which reports that NERC and the Regional Entities have processed registration for 100% of entities with identified inverter-based resources.
President Donald Trump signed into law on April 30 the permanent annual spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security, just hours after it was passed by voice vote by the House. The bill had originally passed in the Senate on March 27.
Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and X-energy, a designer of advanced nuclear reactor technology and manufacturer of advanced nuclear fuels, are collaborating to explore deploying X-energy’s Xe-100 small modular reactor in Kentucky. The companies, subsidiaries of investor-owned PPL
Colorado Springs, Colorado-area lawmakers in late April announced the introduction of new bipartisan legislation that would give Colorado Springs Utilities a three-year extension to the retirement of the coal unit at the Ray Nixon Power Plant, if passed.
President Donald Trump’s recently released proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027 includes $375 million to establish a targeted, performance-based program within the Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office/Office of Electricity to rapidly expand U.S. manufacturing capacity for transformers and other critical electric grid components.
The Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office recently announced it will soon resume negotiations to issue nearly $430 million in payments to American hydropower facilities.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project on April 30 announced an agreement with NextEra Energy Resources to develop 3,000 megawatts of new solar generation by the end of 2034.