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The American Public Power Association on July 18 filed comments in response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to modify and reissue the Nationwide Permits (NWP).
The National Urban League and Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) announced the launch of the Urban Energy After-School Program (UEASP), "a transformative collaboration designed to prepare underserved urban youth with the skills, knowledge, and connections to succeed in high-demand, financially rewarding energy careers," CEWD said on July 18.
Oregon’s Northern Wasco PUD will supply power to Google data centers as part of an agreement announced by Avangrid Inc. on July 22.
The PJM Interconnection on July 22 announced the results of its 2026/2027 Base Residual Auction (BRA), which secured 134,311 MW of unforced capacity generation (UCAP) and demand response to meet projected electricity needs for more than 67 million people across 13 states and the District of Columbia.
The Missouri Public Utility Alliance on July 22 broke ground on the Marshall Energy Center, a new natural gas-fired power plant that is part of MPUA’s “Building MO Power” initiative, a long-term strategy to advance Missouri hometowns through local energy resilience.
GE Vernova Inc. and Alteia SAS on July 21 announced that GE Vernova has agreed to acquire Alteia SAS. Alteia is a France-based software company specializing in AI computer vision and machine learning, to bring visual intelligence into operations.
The Environmental Protection Agency on July 17 issued a direct final rule and companion proposal to extend the compliance deadlines for owners and operators to comply with the facility evaluation report part 1 and compliance deadlines for the coal combustion residual management (CCR) unit provisions in the 2024 final Legacy CCR rule.
APPA and several power sector trade associations on July 17 submitted a joint letter to the Environmental Protection Agency reaffirming support for a rulemaking to adopt a universal waste management standard for discarded photovoltaic solar panels.