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In a new study assessing how climate change might alter hydropower generation across the continental U.S., researchers show that except for some parts of the Southwest, hydropower generation is expected to rise in the future.
Public power utility Colorado Springs Utilities recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for a grid reliability project.
The Bonneville Power Administration is planning to rebuild the 60-mile-long Shelton-Fairmount No. 1 115-kilovolt wood pole transmission line along the Hood Canal in Northwest Washington.
The City Council of Pueblo, Colo., recently voted in favor of allocating funds to study the possible formation of a public power utility in the city.
City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., has been authorized by its Board of Public Utilities to move forward with an intent to finance capital expenditures for the construction of power generation and battery storage projects. Projects include 150 megawatts of additional electric generation and 36 MW of
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has issued a notice of intent to fund up to $1.3 billion “to catalyze investments in transformative carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies,” OECD said on Sept. 27.
Wisconsin public power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities recently issued a request for proposals from developers to construct an aggregate generation project consisting of 30-megawatt solar generation and 10-MW battery storage system with minimum capability of four hours.
There is a “terrific opportunity for the U.S. utility industry to be intentional in how data center demand is met, setting an important precedent for handling future load growth in a way that better supports the grid,” a new report from CoBank said.