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Workforce
The Board of Trustees at New Braunfels Utilities in December announced a significant development in the search for the organization’s next CEO. Ryan Kelso, the current Interim CEO, has emerged as the clear front-runner to lead NBU into its next chapter, the Texas public power utility said.
Environment
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority on Dec. 20 announced the release of two key documents and a series of stakeholder meetings in the ongoing development of New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program.
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in December approved a settlement package that resolves all complaints regarding non-performance charges arising from Winter Storm Elliott in December 2022.
Generation
The East Bay Municipal Utility District in California has partnered with InPipe Energy to generate electricity from the flow of water in its water system.
Generation
Greenville, Texas public power utility GEUS has officially initiated a request for proposal process to explore additional electrical generation options, it said on Dec. 18.
Reliability
Tennessee public power utility Knoxville Public Utilities Board on Dec. 1 energized a new substation.
Distributed Energy Resources
Public power utility and community choice aggregator green programs are included in the most recent set of rankings compiled by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Green power programs allow homes and businesses to procure green power through their electric utility or community choice
Generation
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would establish a 30 percent investment tax credit for hydropower environmental and safety improvements. The tax incentive is available to public power utilities through elective pay. Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE), Suzan