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Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC), the Commonwealth’s designated not-for-profit joint action agency for municipal utilities, is entering into power purchase agreements with two Maine onshore wind projects.
Constellation has agreed to divest power plants in Pennsylvania and Texas under a resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice tied to completing its acquisition of Calpine.
NextEra Energy Resources has reached a new agreement with WPPI Energy to continue supplying WPPI Energy with electricity from the Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is collaborating with Cornell University and the Electric Power Research Institute to demonstrate use of a quieter and no-emission mobile battery to power campus events.
APPA on Dec. 1 submitted high-level comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) for revisions to the regional haze state plan requirements.
The PJM Interconnection received the go-ahead from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dec. 4 to simplify its rules for connecting generation resources at the distribution level.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. on Dec. 5 announced the successful implementation of the first operating day of Real-Time Co-optimization Plus Batteries (RTC+B) in the ERCOT market.
The Traverse City Commission in Michigan selected two new City Commissioners to serve on the Traverse City Light & Power (TCLP) Board at its November 10, 2025, meeting: Laura Ness and Lance Boehmer.