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Generation
The U.S. Department of Energy recently released an information guide for communities considering replacing their retired or retiring coal power plants with nuclear power plants.
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection and the New York Independent System Operator said that an earthquake with an epicenter in north-central New Jersey had no immediate impact on operations.
Electricity Markets
A full solar eclipse on April 8 will briefly but fully obscure sunlight to utility-scale solar generation facilities from Texas through Maine with a combined 6.5 GW of capacity, the Energy Information Administration said on April 5.
Transmission
National Grid Ventures and Con Edison Transmission recently submitted a proposal to build transmission infrastructure that will carry offshore wind power to New Jersey’s electric grid.
Workforce
Thirteen journeyman teams and 12 individual apprentices won awards at the American Public Power Association’s twenty-second annual Public Power Lineworkers Rodeo, held April 5-6, in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Distributed Energy Resources
Public power utilities in Washington State are the recipients of grants recently awarded by the Washington State Department of Commerce. The funding will be used for, among other things, solar, energy storage and microgrid projects.
Distributed Energy Resources
California community choice aggregator MCE on March 4 launched an Open Season request for offers that seeks renewable energy resources including those with energy storage.
Generation
The House on Feb. 28 passed bipartisan legislation that would require changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission designed to streamline and speed up the regulation of nuclear power, including the licensing and regulation of advanced nuclear reactors.
Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has affirmed its AA- rating on bonds associated with the Berkshire Wind Power Project, the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company reported on Feb. 29.
Environment
The Salt River Project’s Board of Directors on March 4 approved revisions to SRP’s 2035 sustainability goals that establish more ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions, increase energy efficiency and electrification, conserve water and improve forest health.