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The American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on Dec. 1 sent a joint letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm voicing concern about a recently released document, “U.S. Government Commitments in Support of the Columbia River Basin Restoration Initiative and in Partnership with the Six Sovereigns.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Dec. 1 issued a decision that involves changes to the PJM Interconnection’s mandatory capacity construct that PJM filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in July 2021.
The Bureau of Land Management on Nov. 30 announced that it will begin assessing targeted updates to energy corridors across the West in order to help speed deployment of transmission infrastructure.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association on Dec. 1 said that it filed its 2023 electric resource plan with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
Building efficiency and load flexibility can significantly reduce the size of the battery system required to provide backup service to a house, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found in a new report.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas voted to immediately implement a new Emergency Pricing Program for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power region.
Missouri River Energy Services, in collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute and with funding from the American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy Efficiency and Development program, recently completed a study exploring how indoor agriculture, or controlled environment
Starting on December 1, Mount Dora, Fla., residents will have the option to go solar through the Mount Dora Electric Utility, a public power utility.