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The Zeeland Board of Public Works General Manager Andrew Boatright will retire this September, closing out a 43-year career dedicated to public power, the Michigan public power utility noted on Aug. 24.
ArcLight Capital Partners on Aug. 24 announced a $1 billion equity commitment from its funds to launch Anchor Point Transmission, LLC, an independent transmission company.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Aug. 21 issued an emergency order directing the PJM Interconnection, in coordination with Constellation Energy Corporation, to ensure Units 3 and 4 of the Eddystone Generating Station in Pennsylvania remain available "to operate and to employ economic dispatch to minimize costs for the American people."
The City of Fountain Utilities in Colorado is utilizing sheep to control the weeds on a 25-acre piece of land that is home to a substation and solar array.
Muscatine Power and Water on Aug. 19 welcomed leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Iowa Economic Development Authority as part of the DOE’s Powering America Road Show, a national initiative showcasing investments towards affordability, reliability, and security of the nation’s electric grid.
The PJM Interconnection has filed with federal regulators a framework of eight governance reforms ahead of negotiations with stakeholders mediated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in September.
ISO New England has filed a proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that will establish the ISO as the independent reviewer of transmission owners’ asset condition projects in the region.
Bloom Energy on Aug. 19 introduced Power Connect, a new deployment system that it said can reduce onsite power installation time by over 40%, helping customers bring new power capacity online faster and with greater schedule certainty.