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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Mayor DJ Bott on Nov. 17 joined state and local leaders to announce a landmark partnership between Hi Tech Solutions and Holtec International that will position Brigham City, Utah, as a hub for Utah’s nuclear energy renaissance.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment finds that much of North America is again at an elevated risk of having insufficient energy supplies to meet demand in extreme operating conditions.
Peak Energy recently announced a multi-year phased agreement with Jupiter Power LLC, a developer and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage systems.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers on November 17 unveiled a proposed rule to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Nov. 18 announced the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) closed a loan to restart a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant.
Fitch Ratings has affirmed its rating of AA- on approximately $14.5 million in outstanding revenue bonds issued by the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) for the MMWEC Master Sergeant Alexander Cotton Memorial Solar Project in Ludlow, MA.
Nebraska’s Custer Public Power District recently announced the appointment of Brad Noack as its new General Manager, effective January 5, 2026.
A Black & Veatch report finds that 53% of utilities cite limited available power as the top obstacle to getting data centers online, with transmission (47%) and substation upgrades (46%) close behind.