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A new Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) report identifies and explores more than 40 potential solutions for accelerating large load connections, organized into five functional areas: load forecasting, interconnection, resource planning and procurement, markets and operations, and cost allocation and ratemaking.
At a June 9 meeting, Grant PUD commissioners heard a staff proposal to sell Shell Energy North America 150 megawatts of a blend of market power and hydropower from Priest Rapids and Wanapum dams from January 2027 to December 2029.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 10 announced that 456 megawatts of new, dispatchable natural gas power generation units at NRG Energy’s TH Wharton Generating Station in Houston have come online.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on June 11 announced the kickoff of the Nuclear Reliability Backbone process by the Public Service Commission.
The Missouri Public Utility Alliance broke ground on the Fulton Energy Center on June 10. The Fulton Energy Center is part of MPUA’s “Building MO Power” initiative, a long-term strategy to advance Missouri through local energy resilience.
The House Appropriations Committee on June 11 approved the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, 2027, which would provide $34.1 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a $2 billion increase over the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriation and $1.5 billion more than was requested by
Five years ago, Imperial Irrigation District (IID) relied primarily on social media to communicate outage information—without a way to reach customers directly. All that changed in 2021 when IID tapped Arcos TextPower, implementing the messaging system in two phases.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to consider and vote on pending legislation.