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On April 9, the Northeast Public Power Association received a decommissioned substation on behalf of Littleton Electric Light and Water Department.
Texas public power utility Kerrville Public Utility Board recently welcomed a new transformer at its Jack Furman Substation, “an expanded addition that helps us better manage customer demand and operate more efficiently,” it noted.
The Guam Power Authority on April 17 said it continued its power restoration process and has made progress it its post-Typhoon Sinlaku recovery.
Salt River Project’s first owned and operated solar facility, the 55-megawatt Copper Crossing Energy and Research Center (CCERC) PV Solar Project, is now serving customers. In addition to providing enough solar energy to power 11,000 Arizona homes for a year, the CCERC PV Solar Project is helping
Kairos Power on April 17 broke ground on the Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the company’s first commercial-scale reactor and the first-ever power-producing Gen IV reactor to receive a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Energy New England’s Chief Strategy Officer Vin Ragucci recently met with Maine State Senator Brad Farrin for a productive discussion on the role of the Legislature and its impact on customer-owned utilities as public power entities are known in Maine.
Silicon Valley Power announced the appointment of Chris Karwick as Chief Operating Officer following an extensive nationwide search
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will take action by June 2026 on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) proceeding initiated by the U.S. Secretary of Energy that directs the Commission to consider potential reforms designed to ensure the timely, orderly, and equitable integration of significant electrical loads -- such as the increasing demand from data centers -- into the nation’s transmission infrastructure, it said on April 16.