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Workforce
As Ryan Kornegay, an apprentice with Florida public power utility JEA, prepares to take the next step in his career and become a JEA lineworker, his choice of profession flows from a family with a long history in lineworking. Kornegay has won APPA’s Overall Apprentice Award at the Lineworkers Rodeo
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Bills and Rates
The American Public Power Association on May 12 filed joint comments with the American Public Gas Association and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) notice and request for information on ideas for deregulation.
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Energy Efficiency
City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., has launched CU Peak Rewards, a new voluntary program designed to reduce electric usage during peak times, such as periods of extreme weather.
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Electricity Markets
New Mexico investor-owned utility TXNM Energy on May 19 announced an agreement under which Blackstone Infrastructure will acquire TXNM Energy for $61.25 per share in cash upon closing, reflecting a total enterprise value of $11.5 billion, including net debt (excluding securitization debt) and preferred stock.
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Electricity Markets
The Turlock Irrigation District, a California public power utility, has signed an implementation agreement to join the Extended Day-Ahead Market, which the California Independent System Operator is launching next spring, CAISO said on May 19.
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Generation
The House of Representatives recently approved by voice vote H.R. 1001, legislation providing for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to address diminishing hydropower production at the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona.
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Generation
The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects U.S. hydropower generation will increase by 7.5% in 2025.
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Reliability
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation on April 10 filed the proposed Reliability Standard EOP-012-3 – Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness and Operations with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Bonds and Financing
Four Republican senators have joined in an April 9 letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in support of the energy credit provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
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Distributed Energy Resources
Florida public power utility OUC recently celebrated the grand opening of the largest solar energy center in its history.