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The White House Office of Management and Budget Office’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in late June posted a notification on its regulatory dashboard that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent its proposed rule titled, “Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Reconsideration Rule,” to OIRA for interagency review.
Kinexys, J.P. Morgan’s blockchain business unit, is developing a new blockchain application on Kinexys Digital Assets, the firm’s multi-asset tokenization platform, to help tokenize global carbon credits at the registry layer, J.P. Morgan said on July 2.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Dominion Energy South Carolina’s application to extend the operating license for V.C. Summer Nuclear Station for an additional 20 years.
BrightNight, its joint venture partner Cordelio Power, and the Southwest Public Power Agency announced in June the commercial operation of the Box Canyon Solar Project.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) and the National Security Agency (NSA) on June 30 issued a joint statement on potential targeted cyber activity against U.S. critical infrastructure by Iran.
California community choice aggregator Silicon Valley Clean Energy in June announced the official launch of its innovative new financing pilot program, designed to make clean energy home upgrades more accessible and affordable for residents across 13 Santa Clara County, California, communities. The
Tennessee public power utility Memphis Light, Gas and Water in June cut the ribbon for a new electric substation in Collierville, Tenn.
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS company that provides mission-critical communications via text.