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The Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC) recently transferred ownership of its Alfred L. Pierce 84-megawatt electric generating facility located in Wallingford, Conn., to MPH AL Pierce LLC.
Average wholesale electricity prices rose in 2021 compared with 2020 levels pushed, in part, by higher natural gas costs, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Daniel Beans has been appointed director of California’s Roseville Electric Utility. He will start Feb. 7, 2022.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project (SRP) has signed a contract with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources to add a 100-megawatt (MW) battery storage system to the existing 100-MW solar plant, Saint Solar, located in Coolidge, Ariz., which is currently serving SRP customers.
Members of the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Development’s program are encouraged to apply its Energy Innovator Award. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 31, 2022.
Chattanooga, Tenn., public power utility EPB has been recognized by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) for achieving Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewal (PEER) Gold recertification. The recognition builds on EPB’s designation in 2015 as the first public power utility to achieve PEER certification.
A purchase power agreement (PPA) the City of Denton, Texas, has entered into with Core Scientific to provide power to the company's anticipated digital asset mining operation is unlikely to affect the credit quality of the city’s utility revenue bonds, Fitch Ratings recently said.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) recently announced the completion of the major overhaul of three hydroelectric power generating units inside the Nathaniel “Nat” Washington Power Plant at Grand Coulee Dam.