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The Electric Power Research Institute on April 29 announced the new leadership and members of its Board of Directors.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy on April 30 held a hearing on 14 bills related to grid reliability.
The Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the release of an additional $401.5 million in Fiscal Year 2025 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding.
The Florida Municipal Electric Association applauds the Florida Legislature for passing Senate Bill 1386/House Bill 857, “which installs further protections for utility workers by reclassifying and strengthening criminal penalties for those who knowingly commit assault or battery against a utility worker,” said Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association, on April 30.
Convergent Energy and Power on May 1 said it has broken ground on a 3-MW/9-MWh utility-scale battery storage system for Massachusetts’s municipally-owned utility company West Boylston Municipal Light Plant (WBMLP).
President Trump on May 2 sent to Congress an initial proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026, beginning October 1, that would cut discretionary spending by 8 percent, including a 13 percent increase for defense spending and a 17 percent cut for non-defense programs.
Saying that a shortage of electrical workers may constrain America’s ability to build the infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and a shift to clean energy, Google on May 1 announced that it is supporting an effort to train 100,000 electrical workers and 30,000 new apprentices in the United States.
Holtec International on May 1 reported that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the state of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of SMR-300s in Utah and the broader Mountain West region.