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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted the PJM Interconnection's new requirements for PJM Market Participants to show proof of financial health to be eligible to participate in PJM markets.
Seattle City Light recently unveiled its new distributed energy resources webpage, a centralized hub designed to help customers learn about accessing solar power, battery storage, and other clean energy technologies.
Snohomish County PUD is working to expand how it supports customers and communities in building a more sustainable future through its new Go Sustainable! initiative.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment and the Tennessee Valley Authority recently announced a Memorandum of Understanding to explore energy resilience opportunities on Army installations in the Tennessee Valley.
The Tennessee Valley Authority recently released details on its third quarter Fiscal Year 2026 financial results. It reported $10 billion in total operating revenues on nearly 122 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity sales for the nine months ending June 30, 2026.
This school year, 44 educators from 17 school districts and 29 schools across South Carolina are ready to share energy lessons gained as part of Santee Cooper’s Energy Educators Institute program, Santee Cooper said on Aug. 11.
Public power utilities are participating in SAFERai.power, a collaborative initiative recently announced by the Electric Power Research Institute that will equip utilities and technology providers with the tools, evidence, and guardrails needed to scale AI responsibly.
The “hard pivot” back to natural gas development in the U.S. will look very different from the merchant-driven boom of the late 1990s or even the post-shale expansion that followed, according to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange.