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Generation
Elementl Power Inc., an advanced nuclear project developer and independent power producer, on May 7 announced the signing of a strategic agreement with Google to pre-position three project sites for advanced nuclear energy.
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Generation
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on May 6 released a Request for Information to explore the role and opportunity to develop new nuclear energy resources to advance the state’s affordability, resource adequacy, and clean energy goals.
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Transmission
Grain Belt Express, the largest electric transmission project in the U.S., on May 7 announced nearly $1.7 billion in combined U.S. contractor awards to Quanta Services, a leader in specialized infrastructure solutions for the energy industry, and Kiewit Energy Group Inc., one of America’s leading engineering, construction and procurement companies.
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Community Engagement
A group of U.S. Representatives recently visited natural gas and coal plants operated by Colorado Springs Utilities, a public power utility.
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Bonds and Financing
The American Public Power Association on May 8 released the Elective Pay Blueprint for Public Power, which provides guidance to public power utilities that are considering the development of projects relying on elective payment of energy tax credits.
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Electricity Markets
The Midcontinent ISO on May 8 shared its summer readiness assessment outlining the forecast demand, generation capacity and weather expectations for the upcoming season.
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Generation
On May 8, the Province of Ontario, Canada, gave the green light for Ontario Power Generation to begin construction on the first of four small modular reactor units at its Darlington New Nuclear Project site. This represents the first new nuclear build in Ontario in more than three decades.
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Generation
A new report issued by the American Public Power Association says that 468,582 megawatts of new generation capacity is under development in the United States, which is comparable to the total capacity under development for the last two years.
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Transmission
The Bonneville Power Administration, in collaboration with the Department of Energy’s Hanford Field Office, energized the Midway-to-Ashe 230-kilovolt high-voltage transmission line in southeastern Washington on May 6.
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Electricity Markets
At its May 6 meeting, the Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors approved SPP’s proposed Expedited Resource Adequacy Study, or ERAS.