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Florida public power utility JEA has hired Jody Brooks as chief administrative officer to lead oversight of the utility’s critical infrastructure protection and compliance, audit services, corporate records retention, and other areas.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently introduced 60 new electric buses that will operate in routes in Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn.
Nebraska public power utility Omaha Public Power District is on solid financial footing, according to a report that was recently shared with its board of directors.
Tennessee public power utility Bolivar Energy Authority recently completed a fiber to home project by installing fiber throughout its entire service area, said Tony Kirk, President and CEO of BEA, who also detailed the benefits that are flowing from a solar project to BEA and its customers.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted TerraPower’s construction permit application for review, marking the first time in more than 40 years that the NRC has docketed this type of application for a commercial non-light water reactor.
The Biden-Harris Administration on May 28 launched a federal-state modern grid deployment initiative.
Oregon utility Portland General Electric on May 28 said it signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Grid United and ALLETE, Inc. in the development of the North Plains Connector, an approximately 415-mile high-voltage direct-current transmission line to be constructed with endpoints near Bismarck, North Dakota and Colstrip, Montana.
Utilizing omnichannel communication systems can help ensure customers stay in the know and also help utilities respond to the many outage-related calls and emails from customers. When Hurricane Florence hit in September 2018, wreaking damage in the Carolinas, Duke Energy sent customers over 7 million messages enabled by Message Broadcast.
California public power utility Alameda Municipal Power announced the departure of General Manager Nicolas Procos to pursue a new opportunity after nearly seven years with the city.
The White House on May 29 announced the creation of a Nuclear Power Project Management and Delivery working group to help identify opportunities to proactively mitigate sources of cost and schedule overrun risk.