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Community members are being invited to celebrate the completion of three significant infrastructure improvement projects, the Snohomish County PUD said on March 23.
WPPI Energy has been named number one Top Workplace in the greater Madison, Wisconsin, area for the third consecutive year, earning the ranking among midsize employers. This recognition is awarded by the Wisconsin State Journal as part of its Top Workplaces program. The designation is based entirely
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project has partnered with the City of Tempe, Arizona, to improve power reliability and safety through its Right Tree, Right Place program.
Form Energy, an energy storage company, and Crusoe on March 24 announced a strategic capacity agreement to deliver 12 gigawatt-hours of multi-day energy storage systems to support the rapidly growing power needs of artificial intelligence data centers starting in 2027.
The Government Finance Officers Association has awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority for its budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025.
Under an accelerated large load action plan, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation intends to file revised registry criteria and Reliability Standards on or before December 31, 2026, NERC said in a recent letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The American Public Power Association (APPA) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) on March 19 sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright to emphasize the importance of federal preference power and its central role in the mission of the Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs).
X-energy Reactor Company, LLC, a developer of advanced nuclear reactors and fuel technology, and Talen Energy Corporation, an independent power producer, signed a Letter of Intent to assess deploying X-energy’s XE-100 small modular reactors in Pennsylvania and across the PJM Interconnection Regional Transmission Organization market.