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A new rule proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on heat injury and illness prevention is overly prescriptive and should be amended to allow employers the flexibility to implement alternate procedures that are just as protective as the standards set forth in the proposed rule, the American Public Power Association said in recent comments submitted to OSHA.
On January 17, the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced two conditional commitments and one loan closing to power producers in Puerto Rico comprising over $1.2 billion in total.
A fire broke out on Jan. 16 at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Morro Bay, Calif., prompting local officials to implement an evacuation of nearby residents
President Trump on Jan. 20 named Mark Christie Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
As frigid temperatures sweep through eastern Nebraska, Omaha Public Power District employees have been working proactively to keep power flowing to customers and fortify our generation sources against extreme weather.
The Omaha Public Power District has entered a partnership with Kiewit Corporation, an Omaha-based construction and engineering firm, to add new natural gas generation and upgrade two existing natural gas turbines.
A new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory “provides practical options for developing more interregional transmission infrastructure to move toward a transformed power system,” NREL said on Jan. 17.
Leeward Renewable Energy on Jan. 15 announced over 700-megawatt alternating current of renewable energy projects in Oklahoma that are supported in part by long-term power purchase agreements with Google.