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The Lower Colorado River Authority Board of Directors appointed Jim Travis as acting general manager and chief financial officer, effective March 12, following the departure of General Manager Phil Wilson.
Site preparation for construction of the new 115-kV Crosswind transmission line in Arlington, Washington State, is scheduled to begin in April 2026. The line will connect the new Crosswind substation to Snohomish County PUD’s electrical system and other substations on the grid. The double circuit
The Salt River Project's Board of Directors approved a temporary overall 3 percent summer price decrease through a reduction in its Fuel and Purchased Power Adjustment Mechanism (FPPAM).
The Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Council approved a decrease to electric and natural gas fuel rates, lowering the average residential customer’s monthly bill by $9.72, starting April 1, Colorado Springs Utilities recently reported. Electric cost adjustment* • Residential: –$2.10 (–1.9%) •
ContourGlobal on March 25 announced the installation of the last photovoltaic panel at Black Hollow Sun, marking a major milestone for the completion of the 324 MWp solar facility near Fort Collins, Colorado.
Kyle Turpin, Manager for Energy Policy and Reliability Standards at the American Public Power Association, has been selected as a member of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s standard drafting team for new reliability standards associated with large computational loads.
Chillicothe Municipal Utilities has repaired and returned a 40 megawatt gas-fired, dual fuel twin turbine generation unit back into service.
The U.S. Senate should pass the Reliable Power Act (H.R. 3616/S. 3034) to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in conjunction with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, a formal role in determining the reliability impacts of federal regulations, the American Public Power Association said in a statement for the record for a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the state of the bulk power system.