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Vistra on Dec. 17 announced that it is amending the retirement schedule of its 1,185-megawatt (MW) Baldwin Power Plant in Baldwin, Illinois. The company now intends to run the coal-fired plant through 2027 instead of retiring in 2025, as previously announced, while still meeting federal Environmental Protection Agency retirement and pond closure obligations.
Relieving future transmission bottlenecks between northern and southern New England and accommodating more clean energy resources in Maine are the two main objectives of the New England States Committee on Electricity’s (NESCOE) proposal for a first-of-its-kind regional solicitation under the region’s new longer-term transmission planning (LTTP) process.
The Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Five, has affirmed the Superior Court of Los Angeles County's judgment in favor of the City of Glendale concluding that the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Grayson Power Plant Repowering Project met the California Environmental Quality Act’s requirements to accurately describe the project scope and physical characteristics.
The Maine Governor’s Energy Office in December submitted a recommendation to the Maine Public Utilities Commission to procure up to 200 megawatts of energy storage for Maine that increases grid resilience, lowers electricity costs, maximizes federal incentives, and advances the state’s clean energy goals and statutory requirements.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office in December released a notice of intent to open the Fiscal Year 2025 Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants application and allocation request period in February 2025.
Oklo Inc., an advanced nuclear technology company, and Switch, a provider of AI, cloud and enterprise data centers, have signed a non-binding Master Power Agreement to deploy 12 gigawatts of Oklo Aurora powerhouse projects through 2044.
The board of Nebraska’s Omaha Public Power District in December approved a new proposal to help ensure a reliable, resilient power supply amid record load growth, new planning reserve margin requirements and extreme weather this year that drove up costs.
In support of EPB’s effort to further enhance energy reliability and resilience for customers while containing costs as much as possible, the Board of Directors for the Tennessee public power utility has authorized the utility to work with local businesses to install localized energy resources of 5-MW or less at locations that will benefit both businesses and the community.