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The Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment recently announced the award of over $15 million in grants to local communities to support critical infrastructure upgrades that will strengthen the reliability and resilience of Nebraska’s electric grid. Grant recipients include public power
Officials from the City of Tipton, Indiana, and Tipton Municipal Utilities joined with representatives from the Indiana Municipal Power Agency to cut the ribbon on the Tipton 2 Solar Park on June 26.
Key project stakeholders – Republic Services, EDL, CPS Energy and VIA Metropolitan Transit – recently celebrated a third year of partnership providing sustainable solutions for San Antonio, Texas, public buses, at EDL’s state-of-the-art Renewable Natural Gas facility.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has set a more aggressive schedule and aims to complete its review by the end of 2025 on TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials, recently released a new report that is designed to assist public utility commissions and State Energy Offices preparing to lead and/or contribute to the development of a strategic framework for new nuclear energy generation projects in their states.
A new program is helping Nashville, Tenn., homeowners over age 60 save money and increase their home’s energy efficiency by providing grants for attic insulation and installation for 80 homes across Nashville Electric Service’s service territory. Applications are now open for the Insulation for
Texas public power utility Kerrville Public Utility Board on July 8 said that it had restored remaining major power outage areas across West Kerr County as of July 7.
Lightshift Energy, an energy storage developer, owner, and operator that has worked with public power utilities, on July 8 announced the financial close of a credit facility for up to $40 million with Aiga Capital Partners, an institutional investment platform.