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Moody’s Ratings has upgraded the credit rating for San Francisco’s CleanPowerSF community choice energy program to A1 from A2, with a stable outlook.
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 4626, the Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act, introduced by Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), by a vote of 217-190.
Texas public power utility Austin Energy marked a record year in its 2025 demand response program, reinforcing the utility’s commitment to grid reliability and sustainability.
The New York Power Authority on Feb. 26 announced the successful return to service of the first of 13 turbine generating units to be upgraded as part of NYPA’s Next Generation Niagara modernization and digitization program.
Washington State's Grant County Public Utility District and Tacoma Power announced their commitment to join Markets+, Southwest Power Pool’s western day-ahead and real-time market, on Oct. 1, 2028, SPP reported on Feb. 27.
According to an analysis issued on Feb. 26 by the Electric Power Research Institute, data centers could consume 9%-17% of U.S. electricity generation by 2030 -- more than double current use -- with eight states seeing much higher percentages.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently submitted a staff report to Congress on the North American Reliability Corporation’s Interregional Transfer Capability Study. FERC declined Congress’s invitation to recommend statutory changes in response to the ITC study.
The PJM Interconnection and stakeholders are making headway on the six components outlined by the Board of Managers in its Jan. 16 plan to reliably meet the unprecedented growth in electricity demand from the rise of data centers and other large energy users in the PJM footprint, the grid operator said on Feb. 25.