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Environment
The Salt River Project’s Board of Directors on March 4 approved revisions to SRP’s 2035 sustainability goals that establish more ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions, increase energy efficiency and electrification, conserve water and improve forest health.
Electricity Markets
Officials from WPPI Energy, SMUD, and the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association on Feb. 28 detailed strategies they have adopted for communicating with lawmakers and outlined key policy priorities they discussed with House members and Senators in their visits to Capitol Hill as part of the American Public Power Association’s Legislative Rally.
Environment
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan on Feb. 29 announced that the EPA plans to delay issuing requirements for existing natural gas-fired stationary combustion turbines under the proposed greenhouse gas rules for the power sector.
Distributed Energy Resources
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Feb. 27 that it is opening applications for the Communities Sparking Investments in Transformative Energy funding opportunity.
Generation
The American Public Power Association recently joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and nine other groups in expressing concern about the proposed rules for the Internal Revenue Code Section 45V clean hydrogen tax credit.
Distributed Energy Resources
EDF Renewables North America on Feb. 27 announced a 20-year power purchase agreement with Southern California Public Power Authority for a portion of the Bonanza Solar and Storage project.
Generation
Salt River Project on Feb. 29 issued a 2024 All-Source Request for Proposals.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The deadline for the American Public Power Association’s 2024 Lineworkers Rodeo is Friday, March 8. This year’s rodeo will be held in Lafayette, La., and is being hosted by Lafayette Utilities System.