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Legislation that creates a pathway for Colorado Springs Utilities to operate a coal-fired unit until Dec. 31, 2032, has been approved by Colorado state lawmakers and will now be sent to Gov. Jared Polis, who has signaled that he will sign the bill into law.
Automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Co. on May 11 marked the formal introduction of Ford Energy, which will provide United States-assembled battery energy storage systems for utilities, data centers and large industrial and commercial customers in the United States.
President Trump’s Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council recently approved its final report on restructuring federal disaster response and recovery programs under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The Imperial Irrigation District announced a major federal investment to strengthen grid reliability and support long-term energy security in the Imperial and Coachella valleys in California is advancing.
Bobwhite Energy Storage has signed a long-term energy storage agreement with Tennessee Valley Authority for a 225-megawatt/900-megawatt hour storage project in East Tennessee.
The PJM Interconnection’s rules for assigning regional transmission costs driven by data centers violate the Federal Power Act and will unfairly inflate Marylanders’ electric bills, the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel said in a complaint filed May 7 at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Dominion Energy on May 7 announced plans for a new 3,000-megawatt combined cycle natural gas power station in Cumberland County, Virginia.
Oracle and BorderPlex Digital Assets in late April announced Project Jupiter will utilize Bloom Energy fuel cells to fully power the artificial intelligence data center campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.