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U.S. Senator Alan Armstrong (R-OK) recently introduced S. 4944, the American Energy and Mineral Infrastructure Act, which would reform federal permitting under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA), promote interagency coordination for the review of natural gas pipeline projects, and clarify permissible hardrock mining activities for permitting purposes.
California public power utility SMUD plans to issue approximately $250 million of Electric Revenue Bonds and Subordinated Electric Revenue Bonds during the month of June 2026. The Bonds consist of Green Bonds with a second party opinion provided by Kestrel, it said on June 25 in a news release
The Board of Commissioners of the Michigan Public Power Agency on June 17 announced that Patrick Bowland, Chief Executive Officer & General Manager, plans to retire in spring 2027 after more than eleven years of distinguished leadership of the organization.
Constellation on June 26 said it has filed license renewal applications with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the operations of Ginna Clean Energy Center and Nine Mile Point Unit 1 reactors in upstate New York to 2049.
The North American bulk power system (BPS) continued to perform reliably in 2025 even as the grid experienced increasing operational complexity, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said on June 24.
PJM Interconnection emergency procedures will expand to augment coordination with Generation and Transmission Owners and potentially leverage backup generation serving data centers and other large loads amid shrinking supply margins and increasingly extreme weather, it said on June 24.
On June 23, the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems entered into a prepay agreement with a Georgia-based nonprofit, Main Street Energy, with extensive experience providing discounted energy supplies to municipalities from prepayment transactions.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project, Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power continue to work together to explore adding nuclear generation in Arizona, including through a preliminary siting study now underway, the utilities said on June 24.