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Community Engagement
CPS Energy President and CEO Rudy Garza has been named a finalist for the 2023 Platts Global Energy Awards' CEO of the Year.
Generation
Mitsubishi Power and the Grand River Dam Authority have formally signed an agreement to provide a second advanced class gas turbine to the Grand River Energy Center in Chouteau, Okla.
Distributed Energy Resources
Michigan public power utility Grand Haven Board of Light and Power recently announced the addition of 12,000 megawatt hours from a Michigan solar farm to the utility’s renewable portfolio.
Energy Storage
Delorean Power LLC and Massachusetts public power utility Holden Municipal Light Department on Oct. 12 announced a new battery energy storage facility.
Transmission
The $7 billion, 800-mile Grain Belt Express electric transmission infrastructure project on Oct. 12 secured approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission for its request to amend its existing certificate of convenience and necessity. The decision marks the last required state siting approval
Generation
Bret Colby, Principal for Nuclear Oversight at Texas public power utility CPS Energy, has been named as a member of a Public Utility Commission of Texas Advanced Nuclear Working Group.
Generation
Bret Colby, Principal for Nuclear Oversight at Texas public power utility CPS Energy, has been named as a member of a Public Utility Commission of Texas Advanced Nuclear Working Group.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Tennessee Valley Authority is pursuing a 100-megawatt solar generation pilot project on a closed coal ash site at the Shawnee Fossil Plant near Paducah, Kentucky.