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Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) General Manager Walter Haase recently met with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service Assistant Administrator Christopher McLean to discuss financing opportunities for critical infrastructure
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors has approved additional work associated with a major overhaul of a gas turbine generator at the El Centro Generating Station, helping ensure reliable electric service for communities across the Imperial and Coachella valleys.
At a public hearing in late February, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, officials and engineering consultants reviewed the findings of a comprehensive electrical grid study that outlines both strengths in the city’s distribution system and critical infrastructure needs, including the addition of a
Constellation Energy and LS Power Equity Advisors on March 18 announced an agreement under which Constellation will sell a portfolio of generation assets in the PJM Interconnection to LS Power, a key step in satisfying regulatory commitments related to Constellation’s acquisition of Calpine.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on March 12 announced that the City of Caldwell’s municipal utility has joined the ERCOT System.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on March 16 issued an emergency order that directs TransAlta to keep Unit 2 of the Centralia Generating Station in Centralia, Washington available to operate.
Florida public power utility JEA will receive up to $3 million in cost-sharing funds through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to offset costs for the utility’s water conservation programs.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation Large Load Working Group has published its second white paper, “Assessment of Gaps in Existing Practices, Requirements, and Reliability Standards for Emerging Large Loads.”