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Santee Cooper has completed the purchase of Cherokee Cogeneration Partners LLC, a natural gas power plant in Cherokee County, S.C., Santee Cooper said on Nov. 1.
The Omaha Public Power District on Nov. 1 said that it is seeking proposals for the potential development of a landfill solar project, a joint effort with Douglas County, Neb.
Starting on November 1, all residential electric customers of Michigan public power utility Lansing Board of Water and Light will be updated to a time of use calculation to help better manage energy usage.
Projects that will receive funds recently announced by the Department of Energy include the development of microgrids, smart grid projects, and projects aimed at boosting grid resiliency.
New polling from Data for Progress finds that a strong majority of likely voters nationwide — 68% — support having a publicly owned utility as their local utility provider.
The Lubbock, Texas, City Council and the Lubbock Power & Light Electric Utility Board recently voted to approve a list of retail electric providers that will operate in Lubbock’s competitive electric market
Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD recently announced that its new Sky Valley Substation in Monroe, Wash., is up and running.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has launched several initiatives aimed at advancing its study that will assess the interregional transfer capacity of the North American transmission grid.