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Workforce
Nico Procos has been named as Director of California public power utility Silicon Valley Power, effective July 7.
Bills and Rates
The New Braunfels, Texas, City Council in June voted for and approved New Braunfels Utilities rate adjustments for electric, water and wastewater services. Rate changes will take effect Aug. 1, 2025.
Energy Storage
California community choice aggregator Pioneer Community Energy and Matrix Renewables on July 1 announced the signing of a resource adequacy capacity contract that covers 22 MW of capacity from the Alamo Battery Energy Storage project, located in Kern County, California.
Reliability
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has developed two easy-to-follow infographics that help entities involved in the Inverter-Based Resource Registration Initiative by making the registration process clear and accessible, it said on July 2.
Environment
The White House Office of Management and Budget Office’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in late June posted a notification on its regulatory dashboard that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent its proposed rule titled, “Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Reconsideration Rule,” to OIRA for interagency review.
Environment
Kinexys, J.P. Morgan’s blockchain business unit, is developing a new blockchain application on Kinexys Digital Assets, the firm’s multi-asset tokenization platform, to help tokenize global carbon credits at the registry layer, J.P. Morgan said on July 2.
Generation
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Dominion Energy South Carolina’s application to extend the operating license for V.C. Summer Nuclear Station for an additional 20 years.
Distributed Energy Resources
BrightNight, its joint venture partner Cordelio Power, and the Southwest Public Power Agency announced in June the commercial operation of the Box Canyon Solar Project.