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A team of high school interns is on a treasure hunt for energy savings around the Wenatchee Valley in Washington State. So far, their work shows the potential to cut electricity use up to half at large facilities, including Wenatchee High School in Wenatchee, Wash, Chelan PUD said on May 16.
California public power utility Burbank Water and Power is launching a meter system upgrade project this spring.
Construction for Nebraska Public Power District’s Norfolk-Stanton North Project is set to begin in June 2025 with anticipated completion in late 2025.
Geothermal energy in the Great Basin of Nevada and adjoining states could produce electricity equal to one-tenth of the current U.S. power supply, the U.S. Geological Survey assessed in a paper released May 22.
Lightshift Energy, a leading developer, owner, and operator of energy storage projects, will build Vermont’s largest battery energy storage project at GlobalFoundries’ semiconductor manufacturing facility in Essex Junction.
Energy Northwest and the Bonneville Power Administration said that BPA on May 20 approved implementation of an Extended Power Uprate project that increases the output of Columbia Generating Station, which is the Pacific Northwest’s third largest generating resource and only operating nuclear energy plant.
President Trump on May 23 signed a series of executive orders that, among other things, call for the reform of the reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the rapid deployment of advanced nuclear technologies to support national security objectives.
The Imperial Irrigation District successfully completed a reliability compliance audit as a registered energy balancing authority, the California public power utility said on May 20. The Western Energy Coordinating Council conducted the audit. As a registered balancing authority and transmission