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The U.S. Economic Development Administration announced that the Port of Shelton will be awarded $100,000 to partner with Mason County PUD 3 on the expansion of a substation.
Michigan public power utility Traverse City Light & Power on Dec. 11 announced a plan for the sale of its Cedar Run Road property, a 49-acre parcel located in Garfield Township, to Livwell Homes, LLC based on the proposal received by TCLP.
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Vermont public power utility Stowe Electric Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development recently celebrated the awarding of $6 million in federal funding to support energy initiatives in Stowe, Vermont.
The Long Island Power Authority Board of Trustees on Dec. 18 approved two battery energy storage contracts in Suffolk County: a 79-megawatt facility in Hauppauge and a 50 MW facility in Shoreham.
The Department of Energy has issued a proposed nonavailability waiver applicable to domestically assembled solar PV panels under the Build America Buy American provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
In an action to secure the long-term reliability of water and power service, the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors today passed a resolution committing to modernize its critical infrastructure by 2040.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office on Dec. 17 announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $15 billion to Pacific Gas & Electric Company, a combined natural gas and electric utility serving Northern and Central California.
The Bonneville Power Administration has identified that its traditional model for deploying transmission capital will not be sufficient to meet customer needs, it said on Dec. 12. BPA has determined a need to double its transmission capital execution by 2028.