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AMP has opened a 10,000-square-foot expansion of the AMP Member Training Center, a major project that marks further investment in the AMP Lineworker Training Program.
The PJM Interconnection and stakeholders on Wednesday advanced several components of a plan to streamline the connection of data centers and other large-load customers while maintaining grid reliability.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on March 26 announced the designation of David Hanson to serve as Interim General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, part of a planned transition after the City announced that Janisse Quiñones will step down as LADWP Chief Executive Officer and Chief Engineer effective March 27, 2026.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency published the funding opportunity for the Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently issued a new licensing pathway intended to accelerate safe, innovative reactor deployment while reinforcing U.S. energy leadership.
Kyle Turpin, Manager for Energy Policy and Reliability Standards at the American Public Power Association, has been selected as a member of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s standard drafting team for new reliability standards associated with large computational loads.
Chillicothe Municipal Utilities has repaired and returned a 40 megawatt gas-fired, dual fuel twin turbine generation unit back into service.
The U.S. Senate should pass the Reliable Power Act (H.R. 3616/S. 3034) to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in conjunction with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, a formal role in determining the reliability impacts of federal regulations, the American Public Power Association said in a statement for the record for a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the state of the bulk power system.