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California community choice aggregator Clean Power Alliance recently released a request for offers to expand its renewable energy portfolio.
When Concord Municipal Light Plant (CMLP) received notice that its financial and accounting software would no longer be supported, it turned out to be a good thing. After a year of deciding on goals, mapping out the scope of work, reviewing offers from various vendors, and talking to utilities that had been through a similar transition, CMLP chose National Information Solutions Cooperative to supply an enterprise solution to serve all its needs.
Washington State joint action agency Energy Northwest is a utility partner on advanced nuclear energy projects that recently received awards from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) in Oregon has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the development of a renewable hydrogen production facility.
Jolene Thompson recently detailed her goals as President and CEO of American Municipal Power (AMP), how AMP and its members have successfully responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and what she is focused on in terms of her responsibilities as chair of the American Public Power Association’s Board of Directors.
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a multi-year cost-share award of $1.355 billion to a new special purpose entity wholly owned by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) for the development and construction of the Carbon Free Power Project, which will be the first NuScale small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project in the U.S.
Management at Florida public power utility Orlando Utilities Commission on Oct. 14 released a recommendation to significantly reduce the use of coal by the utility no later than 2025 and eliminate it no later than 2027.
The PUD will supply the hydrogen for the demonstration project from an electrolyzer slated to be completed in 2021.