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The PJM Board of Managers has authorized additions and changes to the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.
Board Members of New York public power utility Jamestown Board of Public Utilities announce the planned retirement of General Manager David Leathers and are planning to begin a search process for his replacement in the coming months.
The Grand Haven Board of Light and Power is preparing a customer satisfaction survey, which will help set the foundation for the utility’s future planning, the Michigan public power utility said.
Holtec on Feb. 25 detailed plans to build small modular reactors at the Palisades nuclear power plant site in Covert Township, Michigan, with a target of 2030 for first commercial operation.
NRG Energy Inc. on Feb. 26 joined GE Vernova and TIC-The Industrial Company, a subsidiary of Kiewit Corporation, in announcing a new venture aimed at rapidly bringing new electricity generation capacity to market in response to growing demand for computing power and generative artificial intelligence.
The Santee Cooper Board of Directors on Feb. 26 approved the sale of approximately $1 billion in bonds to fund capital improvement projects and refinance debt issued in 2014 and 2015.
U.S. Rep. Rudy Yakym (R-IN) on Feb. 26 received the American Public Power Association’s Public Service Award at APPA’s Legislative Rally in Washington, D.C. Yakym was honored by APPA for exceptional leadership on issues of importance to public power—particularly his vital role as cochairman of the
Arizona’s major utilities came together to host the second annual "Better Together" Business Resource Lunch on January 30, at Salt River Project’s PERA Training and Conference Center in Tempe, Arizona.