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Willdan Group has been selected to implement the Snohomish County Public Utility District’s new energy efficiency program for telecommunications and data center facilities.
California Resources Corporation and its carbon management business, Carbon TerraVault announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Net Power Inc. to develop Net Power’s ultra-low emission power plants in California.
The New York Power Authority Board of Trustees recently approved $8 million in funding for clean energy workforce training and development programs.
Orlando, Fla.-based public power utility OUC has been authorized by its Board of Commissioners to move forward with a multiyear plan “to empower customers with new opportunities to save money, better align costs with how electricity is used, and optimize OUC’s reliable, affordable, and sustainable power grid,” the utility said on Dec. 11
Building enough infrastructure for unconstrained data center demand in Virginia “will be very difficult and meeting half that demand is still difficult,” a recently released report concludes.
Texas public power utility Kerrville Public Utility Board announced the promotion of Amy Dozier to the position of assistant general manager.
The New York Power Authority and Texas public power utility CPS Energy are among the utilities and companies that are founding members of the public-private Mercury Consortium.
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Governing Board on Dec. 12 approved a $1.52 million expenditure for the replacement of a transformer at the Richmond Power Plant on St. Croix.