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West Boylston Municipal Light Plant has installed its second energy storage project, the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company reported on June 3.
Washington State’s Chelan PUD is exploring early termination of its long-standing power contract with Alcoa.
The U.S. Department of Energy on June 4 unveiled funding plans for coal generation projects that include funds for the modernization of coal plants.
CPS Energy's Board of Trustees on June 4 named Frank Almaraz Interim President & Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
The Indiana Municipal Power Agency on June 3 celebrated a major milestone with a ribbon cutting for its first-ever Battery Energy Storage System at the Richmond 6 Solar Park.
As part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Reactor Pilot Program, Antares Nuclear’s advanced reactor design, the Mark-0, successfully completed a zero-power fueled criticality demonstration at DOE's Idaho National Laboratory, the DOE reported on June 4.
At its June 2 meeting, the Board of Directors for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas voted to approve a “Batch Zero Process for Large Load Interconnections.”
With a central Massachusetts territory that’s heavily wooded, Littleton Electric Light and Water Department (LELWD) needed to find ways to ensure that storms wouldn’t cause outages when trees fell on overhead cables.