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BrightRidge Broadband has proven to be incredibly successful for Tennessee public power utility BrightRidge since it launched in 2019 and Jeff Dykes, CEO of BrightRidge, sees the business as a legacy project.
The Florida Municipal Power Agency has recognized municipal electric utilities with Florida Public Power Reliability Awards, honoring the utilities’ achievements in delivering reliable electricity to their customers. The Agency presented the awards at its Board of Directors meeting on July 15 in
The relative economics of existing generation have improved as rising new-build costs across all technologies, together with execution challenges tied to supply chains, inflation, tariffs, permitting and macroeconomic uncertainty, have made replacement capacity more expensive and difficult to deliver, Lazard said in the 19th edition of its Levelized Cost of Energy+ (LCOE+) report.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on July 14 signed an Executive Order to create the nation’s first moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, “establishing the strongest standards for data center development and creating a blueprint to support localities,” her office said.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill on July 13 signed the Power NJ Act, launching the state’s procurement process for new nuclear energy.
On June 25, Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, represented through its agent Missouri River Energy Services, and Otter Tail Power Company received a written order from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approving a route permit for the Big Stone South to Alexandria 345-kilovolt transmission line.
The PJM Interconnection on July 14 announced the results of its 2028/2029 Base Residual Auction, which secured 138,318 MW of unforced capacity generation (UCAP) and demand response to meet projected electricity needs.
Washington State’s Grant PUD has received $250,000 in grants from the state departments of Ecology and Commerce to help fund both public-facing and Grant PUD fleet-only chargers.