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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) on July 8 announced it has closed a loan up to $3.26 billion to AEP Texas that will finance approximately 100 transmission projects across Texas.
Salt River Project and Pattern Energy have signed a power purchase agreement for 600 megawatts of wind energy from Pattern Energy’s SunZia Project.
The City of Wamego, Kansas, is taking a major step forward in strengthening its electric utility system with the recent delivery of four CAT 3 megawatt generators, the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency reported in its newsletter.
The Public Power Generation Agency (PPGA), which includes the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska and four other electric utilities, recently completed a bond refunding on the Whelan Energy Center Unit 2 (WEC 2) project located near Hastings, Neb.
A $1.4 million Department of Energy grant will fund nuclear reactor safety training and workforce development in Nebraska.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 7 said it expects wholesale electricity prices this summer will be lower than last year for much of the country.
The Ohio Power Siting Board in late June approved the construction of a 250-megawatt natural gas fired electric generation facility in Licking County, Ohio.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law a bill supported by the California Municipal Utility Association that expands the definition of an eligible renewable electrical generation facility under the California Renewable Portfolio Standard to include certain facilities that convert renewable hydrogen to electricity in turbines.