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A 19-year Grant PUD employee with ample insights into energy-trading markets and the changing utility environment has been named to lead the team researching investments in new sources of energy to power Grant County into the future, the Washington State PUD said on April 3.
Oregon public power utility Eugene Water & Electric Board has significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from its operations, achieving a 55% reduction since 2010, according to data in the customer-owned utility’s Climate Guidebook, it reported in late March.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued a Request for Information for the development of transmission infrastructure and qualified renewable energy generation projects to transmit electricity from Northern Maine to the ISO New England system.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on April 7 announced that the Eastern Sierra snowpack measured 91% of normal, ensuring reliable water supplies through the city’s most cost-effective source, the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems announced that Matt Hastings has been appointed as the assistant general manager and managing director of planning.
President Trump on April 8 signed energy-related executive orders including EOs focused on bolstering the country’s grid reliability and the use of coal generation. One of the EOs calls for the completion of a report that identifies regions where coal-powered infrastructure is available and suitable for supporting AI data centers.
Platte River Power Authority, the Colorado-based wholesale public power provider owned by Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland, is working with Weld Energy Storage, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, to develop PRPA’s first large-scale battery energy storage project.
Argan Inc. recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gemma Power System, received a notice to proceed on its previously announced engineering, procurement and construction services contract with Sandow Lakes Energy Company, LLC of Rockdale, Texas, for a 1.2-gigawatt ultra-efficient natural gas-fired plant in Lee County, Texas.