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A bipartisan group of 150 members of Congress recently introduced House Resolution 575 to designate July 10 as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply 282 megawatts of flexible engines to operate a new data center project in Ohio.
With hurricane season for 2025 underway, Connecticut public power utility Norwich Public Utilities on July 7 said it has completed extensive efforts to prepare for severe weather that could impact utility services for its customers in the weeks and months ahead.
Texas public power utility CPS Energy continues expanding its customer payment options with the launch of Pay-by-Text, a convenient new way for customers to pay their energy bills directly through a text message, it said this month.
Another year, another clean Grays Harbor PUD financial report from the Office of the Washington State Auditor, the Washington State PUD reported in late June.
As part of ongoing efforts to transform and modernize Puerto Rico’s electric system, LUMA on July 15 said it has integrated advanced LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology into its aviation and ground patrol operations.
With projections for developers to add a healthy amount of natural gas-fired generation in the U.S. over the next several years and data centers planning to utilize natural gas generation to power their operations, the energy sector is grappling with backlogs for natural gas turbines.
Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Renewable and Google on July 15 announced a first-of-its-kind Hydro Framework Agreement to deliver up to 3,000 megawatts of hydroelectric capacity across the United States – the world’s largest corporate clean power deal for hydroelectricity, according to Google and Brookfield.