Looking for research and development projects made possible through DEED grants and scholarships? Check out the DEED Project Database.
Trying to find information about specific public power utilities? If you are member, check out the Public Power Directory.
Utility regulators in Minnesota recently ruled that a Certificate of Need is required for emergency backup generators at Amazon Data Services Inc.’s proposed data center in Becker, Minnesota.
The Tennessee Valley Authority priced $1.25 billion of new 30- year maturity global power bonds, with an interest rate of 5.25%.
The CPS Energy Board of Trustees recently voted to elect current Vice Chair, Dr. Francine Sanders Romero, as the new Board Chair and Dr. Willis Mackey as the new Vice Chair, effective February 1, 2025.
The Stillwater Electric Utility, the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma’s electric department, earned the Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma Inc. first-place award in the annual Electric Operations and Reliability Competition, for the second year in a row, and a first-place award for safety.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Feb. 11 accepted revisions to a section of PJM Interconnection’s Open Access Transmission Tariff known as the Reliability Resource Initiative to add provisions enabling a one-time reliability-based expansion of the eligibility criteria for “Transition Cycle #2” of PJM’s existing interconnection queue.
While the deployment of energy storage systems across the U.S. has grown dramatically in the U.S. in recent years, they are facing resistance in some communities where residents have voiced concerns over the risk of energy storage system fires and the amount of space required to install storage systems.
The American Public Power Association on Feb. 13 said it applauds the bipartisan introduction of H.R. 1255, the Investing Our Communities Act of 2025, legislation to reinstate the ability to issue tax-exempt advance refunding bonds.
Florida public power utility OUC has entered a partnership with XCharge North America to install XCharge NA’s Net Zero Series charger at a grid integration laboratory within the OUC Gardenia Innovation and Operations Center.
Fred Christie, Chief Information Officer for Maryland public power utility Easton Utilities, completed the 2024 Cohort of the US Department of Energy Operational Technology Defender Fellowship, a highly selective program sponsored by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response.
Energy Transfer LP on Feb. 10 announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Denver-based CloudBurst Data Centers, Inc.to provide natural gas to CloudBurst’s artificial intelligence-focused data center development in Central Texas.