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A line of storms with severe straight line winds moved across much of the AMP Member footprint earlier this month, and the cities of Amherst and Celina, Ohio, requested mutual aid after experiencing large outage events, AMP reported on June 19.
The Cumberland Combined Cycle Project marked a major step forward recently as the Tennessee Valley Authority successfully synchronized Combustion Turbine 1 (CT1) to the transmission grid and achieved first fire on Unit 2 -- two milestones that position the site firmly on track for commercial operation later this year, TVA reported on June 4.
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District Board of Directors wrapped up its May 6 and June 3 board meetings with a focus on long-term investments in electric reliability and wildfire safety, while also tending to key financial and regulatory business that keeps the utility running transparently and efficiently, the California public power utility said on June 17.
WPPI Energy is seeking proposals from third-party suppliers for short to medium term capacity with or without associated peaking energy rights.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and the Electric Power Research Institute have collaborated to create a replicable approach for using hourly weather data in resource adequacy studies.
Tennessee public power utility EPB has named Robert Long to serve as President of Strategic Initiatives.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on June 18 issued emergency orders directing the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, CenterPoint Energy, and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. to take all measures necessary to ensure specified generation units at both the R.M. Schahfer and F.B. Culley generating stations in Indiana are available to operate.
The North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 is seeking long-term capacity and energy resources to supplement its power supply and meet future needs under a request for proposals issued by the Energy Authority.