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The Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Five, has affirmed the Superior Court of Los Angeles County's judgment in favor of the City of Glendale concluding that the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Grayson Power Plant Repowering Project met the California Environmental Quality Act’s requirements to accurately describe the project scope and physical characteristics.
Talen Energy on Dec. 23 said it intends to pursue appellate remedies after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said that it would not immediately address a Talen Energy request for rehearing of a Commission order that rejected an amended Interconnection Service Agreement among PJM, Susquehanna Nuclear LLC and PPL Electric Utilities tied to a data center in Pennsylvania.
The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities has named Jeremy Ash its new General Manager, effective January 1, 2025.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation on Dec. 31 said it was monitoring the extreme cold weather events forecast across much of North America in January.
Vistra on Dec. 17 announced that it is amending the retirement schedule of its 1,185-megawatt (MW) Baldwin Power Plant in Baldwin, Illinois. The company now intends to run the coal-fired plant through 2027 instead of retiring in 2025, as previously announced, while still meeting federal Environmental Protection Agency retirement and pond closure obligations.
Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, the designated joint action agency for municipal utilities in Massachusetts, announced it has received a direct payment from the Internal Revenue Service for $2.34 million under the Inflation Reduction Act.
The state of Pennsylvania and Josh Shapiro, the state’s governor, on Dec. 30 filed a complaint against the PJM Interconnection tied to PJM’s capacity auctions. The complaint alleges that flaws in PJM’s capacity auction design threaten to impose significant new price increases.
The U.S. General Services Administration on Jan. 2 announced a historic long-term purchase of electricity in an agreement with Constellation New Energy Inc.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service on Jan. 3 released final rules for the section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act.
The Northeast Power Coordinating Council’s annual winter reliability assessment forecasts the northeast region will have an adequate supply of electricity this winter to meet projected peak demand under a variety of forecasted weather conditions, it said on Jan. 3.