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Emerald PUD crews have been busy this year completing and advancing several projects to improve reliability and support growing energy needs across its system, the Oregon PUD reported on July 6.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a strategic partnership to advance research and technical collaboration in support of the reliability and resilience of the North American bulk power system.
To support a data center project in Georgia, OpenAI is contracting with Georgia Power for 3.2 gigawatts of power which will be delivered in phases between 2028 and 2032.
The Oregon Department of Energy recently detailed how the City of Forest Grove Light and Power Department in Oregon is improving resilience in its community through the placement of transmission lines underground.
The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee on July 22 held an oversight hearing with the five commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The U.S. Department of Energy on July 26 issued an emergency order directing the Southwest Power Pool to dispatch specified generation units and to order their operation as needed to maintain reliability.
Within a four-month period, California's Vernon Public Utilities received a second upgraded rating from an accredited financial institution -- this time from Standards and Poor Global, which gave an “A Rating” and “Stable Outlook” to VPU.
Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on July 21 introduced the Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act.