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On May 8, the Province of Ontario, Canada, gave the green light for Ontario Power Generation to begin construction on the first of four small modular reactor units at its Darlington New Nuclear Project site. This represents the first new nuclear build in Ontario in more than three decades.
A new report issued by the American Public Power Association says that 468,582 megawatts of new generation capacity is under development in the United States, which is comparable to the total capacity under development for the last two years.
The Bonneville Power Administration, in collaboration with the Department of Energy’s Hanford Field Office, energized the Midway-to-Ashe 230-kilovolt high-voltage transmission line in southeastern Washington on May 6.
At its May 6 meeting, the Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors approved SPP’s proposed Expedited Resource Adequacy Study, or ERAS.
Providing value to customers and a governance structure that preserves the benefits of the Federal Columbia River Power System are the key reasons the Bonneville Power Administration announced that it will pursue joining the Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+ day-ahead market, BPA said on May 9.
Southwest Power Pool’s board of directors recently approved an industry expert panel (IEP) recommendation for Transource Oklahoma, LLC with Transource Energy, LLC to build the Mathewson-to-Redbud transmission project.
Nebraska Public Power District has launched the emPOWERING Nebraska’s Tomorrow program to share information about upcoming generation and infrastructure projects, it said on May 9.
The PJM Interconnection forecasts sufficient generation for typical peak demand this summer but is preparing to call on contracted demand response resources to reduce electricity use under more extreme scenarios featuring record demand, the grid operator said on May 9.