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The Nuclear Company on Oct. 21 announced Prosperity One, a proposed nuclear energy campus in Lewis County, Kentucky, that could accommodate up to six Westinghouse AP1000 reactors generating approximately 6.6 gigawatts of electricity. Located along the Ohio River in eastern Kentucky, the proposed
A report released on Oct. 22 by Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee shows that 2,645 returns earned $2.5 billion in direct pay tax credits in 2023, and 2024, the first two years in which tax credits were available. Direct payment -- also known as elective payment -- of tax credits to tax
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Oct. 22 announced that Niagara Power Transformer, a Buffalo manufacturer of transformers essential to the operation and modernization of the electric grid, has broken ground on a more than $71 million expansion that will increase its production capacity by 50 percent
A bipartisan group of 29 members on Oct. 23 sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) urging them to attach the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) to the annual
Nick Lawler, General Manager of Littleton Electric Light & Water Department, has received the 2026 Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) Electricity Security Service Award in honor of Michael J. Assante. The E-ISAC presented the award to Lawler at GridSecCon, which is the
Nebraska Public Power District on Oct. 21 said that it will be adding three additional combustion turbines to the construction of Princeton Road Station, which will have a maximum capacity of approximately 1,411 megawatts, following approval at the Nebraska Power Review Board’s September meeting
JEA lineworkers earned two second-place finishes at the International Lineman’s Rodeo in Overland Park, Kansas, last weekend, the Florida public power utility reported. JEA journeymen Robert Hess, Cody Stokes and Caleb Macabitas secured second-place finishes in two mystery events, involving a 4-kV
As much as 15.2 terawatt-hours of electricity could be generated annually at non-powered dams, according to an updated assessment of hydropower technical potential across the nation compiled by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National