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Customer Service
The use of texting has boosted the ability of Massachusetts public power utility South Hadley Electric Light to connect with its customers.
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Reliability
Michigan public power utility Coldwater Board of Public Utilities has secured a $226,000 U.S. Department of Energy grant for building out grid reliability. In a conversation with APPA, CBPU general manager Paul Jakubczak discussed how the grant will be used to address the public power utility’s most
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Environment
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Sept. 14 signed a final rule partially repealing the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units.
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Generation
The state of Tennessee, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the United Kingdom announced a strengthened partnership to accelerate the commercial deployment of fusion energy, focusing on supply chains, workforce development, and enabling regulatory pathways that support safe and rapid commercial scale-up, TVA said on Sept. 14.
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Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has affirmed its rating of AA- on approximately $57 million outstanding revenue bonds issued by the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) for the Northeast Reliability Center in Peabody, Mass., MMWEC said on Sept. 14.
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Generation
At its Tuesday regular meeting, the Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors will consider approval of a new tariff governing how the utility serves large electricity users, including data centers and other high-demand projects.
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Generation
Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. (SENA), a subsidiary of Shell plc, has signed an agreement under which it will acquire 100% equity in Hunlock Creek Generating LLC, which owns 169 megawatts of natural gas-fired generation capacity in Pennsylvania.
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Security
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently approved a North American Electric Reliability Corporation Reliability Standard that will update protections for electric infrastructure that could be vulnerable to a physical attack.