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Nebraska’s Dawson Public Power District has issued a request for bids for a substation transformer.
The Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation (DEMEC), alongside the Town of Middletown, Delaware, celebrated the official ribbon cutting of Delaware’s first floating solar facility.
The American Public Power Association recently filed supplemental comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal reopening the comment period for the Federal Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Permit Program.
Santee Cooper has issued a request for proposals seeking additional generation resources to add to its portfolio to meet expected load growth in its service territory starting January 1, 2028.
Applications for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Operational Technology (OT) Defender Fellowship Program are due Aug. 31, 2026.
Planning and preparation are in full swing at the Exira Station as engineers with Missouri River Energy Services and plant staff gear up for one of the facility’s most significant maintenance efforts in recent years, MRES reported on Aug. 3.
Washington State's Chelan PUD has ended a public safety power shutoff watch that was issued for the greater Chelan and Manson areas.
Hourly peak load in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the regional transmission organization serving most of Texas, reached a record 91.1 gigawatts on July 22, 2026, according to data reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration for its Hourly Electric Grid Monitor.