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Workforce
The Bonneville Power Administration has filled key senior executive positions following leadership departures earlier in the year.
Electricity Markets
ISO New England has issued its 2026 Annual Work Plan, outlining major projects for the coming year.
Reliability
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division announced the completion of the construction phase of $37.4 million natural gas pipeline modernization project, Weaver-Gill, in South Memphis.
Customer Service
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging.
Electricity Markets
Chelan PUD commissioners voted on Oct. 20 for the Washington State PUD to join Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+.
Generation
El Paso, Texas, will be home to Meta’s newest artificial intelligence-focused data center, which can scale to a 1-gigawatt data center site, the Facebook parent company said on Oct. 15.
Electricity Markets
McKinsey & Company recently unveiled its tenth annual Global Energy Perspective, which offers a comprehensive analysis of the forces shaping the energy sector and projects energy demand and supply trends across a range of fuel types and regions through 2050. The report reveals that the world may be
Generation
Energy Northwest recently provided a number of key updates related to a small modular reactor project in Washington State.