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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Files High Impact Load Tariff and Agreement at FERC Following months of collaboration with members and stakeholders, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association recently filed a proposed High Impact Load Tariff and Agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The House Homeland Security Committee on Sept. 3 approved H.R. 5079, the Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act, which would reauthorize the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) for an additional 10 years.
MISO on Sept. 4 announced the first 10 projects to be evaluated under its new Expedited Resource Addition Study (ERAS) process, an innovative effort aimed at fast-tracking needed generation projects across the region.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Education, and Related Agencies recently held a markup of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations legislation.
Hitachi Energy on Sept. 4 announced an investment of more than $1 billion to expand the production of critical electrical grid infrastructure in the United States.
California public power utility SMUD has entered into a new partnership with PlanetBids, a procurement software provider for California agencies.
The public power community of Vineland, N.J., is a recipient of a New Jersey Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Equity grant in the amount of $3.7 million.
The Board of Public Utilities has approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget for City Utilities of Springfield, Mo.