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On March 14, in Tallahassee, Fla., the Florida Municipal Electric Association held the 25th annual Florida Lineman Competition, which brings together electric lineworkers from all over the state to demonstrate their skill and knowledge in the craft of line work.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted proposed tariff revisions submitted by the Southwest Power Pool to establish a Consolidated Planning Process framework to streamline its regional transmission planning and generator interconnection processes.
Revolution Wind, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between Global Infrastructure Partners’ Skyborn Renewables and Ørsted, announced March 13 that the Revolution Wind project has started delivering power to New England's electric grid.
The Grand Island Utilities Department in Nebraska announced the next step in developing a Regional Public Power Workforce Training Facility in Grand Island, which is a collaborative effort designed to strengthen workforce development for Nebraska’s public power utilities.
The recently passed Fiscal Year 2026 federal spending bill that was signed into law includes $960,000 to fund the ongoing work to modernize the wastewater infrastructure of Connecticut’s Norwich Public Utilities (NPU) in the Greeneville section of the city.
The American Public Power Association on March 12 said it is pleased to hear that permitting reform negotiations have resumed in the Senate.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy is underway with a new effort that will use existing nuclear energy infrastructure to put more power on the grid, DOE said on March 12.
Work is underway to create Grant County PUD’s next, state-mandated Integrated Resource Plan, which describes how the utility will meet customers’ demand for electricity from 2027 to 2046, while maintaining reliable service in compliance with the state’s clean-energy requirements at the lowest electric rates possible.