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The average historical volatility of the daily Henry Hub front-month futures price, a key benchmark for U.S. natural gas, trended downward through the first half of the year, with quarterly volatility falling from a recent high of 81% in the fourth quarter of 2024 to 69% by mid-2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration recently reported.
On July 28, the U.S. Department of Energy issued an emergency order to PJM Interconnection under which PJM will, in coordination with Talen Energy, operate Unit 4 at the Wagner Generating Station in Maryland “as PJM deems necessary beyond its environmental run-hour limitations through October 26, 2025.”
Tantalus Systems recently announce that Tennessee public power utility EPB is expanding its existing partnership with Tantalus to deploy TRUSense Ethernet Gateways (“TEGs”) across its service territory.
In collaboration with customers, the Bonneville Power Administration on July 24 said it is strategically raising power and transmission rates to meet customer needs and support national priorities for more abundant, reliable and secure energy.
Plans to construct a first of its kind long-duration energy storage system of its kind in the United States are advancing following approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS company that provides mission-critical communications via text.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on July 24 said it has approved a series of licensing and regulatory actions that will pave the way for restart of the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan.
The Texas Public Power Association has awarded its prestigious Distinguished Service Award to retiring GEUS General Manager Alicia Hooks in recognition of her more than 22 years of dedicated service to the public power industry, GEUS reported on July 24.