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Chevron on June 22 announced that Energy Forge One LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary, has signed an agreement with Microsoft to develop a co-located power facility in West Texas that will provide dedicated electricity to a Microsoft-operated data center under a 20-year power purchase agreement. Chevron
Preventative maintenance and electric system improvements will keep Snohomish County PUD crews busy this summer as they work to maintain strong, year-round reliability for customers, especially during storm season, the Washington State PUD reported on June 9.
The Kentucky Energy Planning and Inventory Commission (EPIC) on June 4 released its first comprehensive policy analysis examining the opportunities and challenges associated with large-scale data center development across the Commonwealth.
Imperial Irrigation District power customers will begin seeing summer bill credits on their monthly electric bills as part of a $48.4 million relief effort designed to help offset electricity costs during the hottest months of the year, IID said on June 10.
Florida public power utility Kissimmee Utility Authority will break ground on a new $20 million substation on June 24, marking a major investment in the reliability, capacity, and future growth of the utility's electric system.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on June 22 announced that Travis Kavulla will be the next Administrator and CEO of the Bonneville Power Administration.
At its June meeting, the CPS Energy Board of Trustees approved the Texas public power utility’s updated generation planning recommendation.
A line of storms with severe straight line winds moved across much of the AMP Member footprint earlier this month, and the cities of Amherst and Celina, Ohio, requested mutual aid after experiencing large outage events, AMP reported on June 19.