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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) on Sept. 8 announced the financial close of a loan of up to $1.9 billion to NextEra Energy to help finance the restart of the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Linn County, Iowa.
President Trump recently signed into law, H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, which will provide stopgap spending when the new fiscal year begins on October 1.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers released a pre-publication of their Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) to revise the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The SNPRM accompanies the November 2025 WOTUS proposal and provides additional
The use of texting has boosted the ability of Massachusetts public power utility South Hadley Electric Light to connect with its customers.
The Bonneville Power Administration’s newly appointed Administrator and CEO Travis Kavulla recently issued a letter and an accompanying statement of principles related to the governance of Western electricity markets on behalf of BPA.
The Midcontinent ISO is accelerating its efforts to help bring new generation online quickly with the fifth cycle of projects to be evaluated under the Expedited Resource Addition Study (ERAS) process, it said on Sept. 8.
A recently released report outlines practical recommendations for integrating electric vehicles, home batteries, smart buildings, and other flexible loads into grid operations to lower electricity costs, strengthen grid reliability, and modernize demand flexibility programs in California, non-profit GridLab said.
A modeling project involving Washington State’s Grant PUD and the National Laboratory of the Rockies shows coordinated operation of Mid-Columbia hydropower plants could boost efficiency systemwide, NLR reported in late August.