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Cowlitz PUD is partnering with local organizations to support the immediate families affected by a chemical tank implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging paper mill facility in Longview, Washington.
Tennessee will become the first state in the nation with its own regulatory framework for nuclear fusion machines June 9.
The New Braunfels, Texas, City Council approved a request from New Braunfels Utilities to move forward with an application for up to $6 million in state funding through the Texas Water Development Board Water Supply and Infrastructure Grant Program established under House Bill 500 during the 89th Texas Legislative Session.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued an emergency order directing the Orlando Utilities Commission to ensure that Unit 1 at the Stanton Energy Center in Orlando, Florida, a coal-fired power plant, remains available to operate.
Funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) would increase by $10 million to $4.055 billion in an appropriations bill to be considered by the House Committee on Appropriations on June 9.
The California Air Resources Board recently adopted updates to the state’s Cap-and-Invest Program, which were proposed earlier this year.
The Grand Haven Board of Light & Power is inviting customers to participate in a new, local Community Solar Garden, the Michigan public power utility said on June 4.
Starting in June, customers of Florida public power utility JEA will see a lower fuel charge on their monthly electric bill.