Workforce
Platte River Power Authority recently hired Tim Blodgett to serve as chief strategy officer.
Generation
Santee Cooper has received a robust response to its initial request for expressions of interest related to the two partially constructed generating units at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, it said on May 6.
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a PJM proposal that improves dispatch and accreditation of Demand Response resources in order to enhance grid reliability and resource adequacy.
Reliability
Memphis Light, Gas and Water achieved its 2024–2025 tree-trimming goal four months ahead of schedule. The goal for the fiscal year, which runs from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025, was to trim 1,400 miles of trees and vegetation.
Reliability
In a recent interview with APPA, Jill Weiss, Utilities Director of Wisconsin public power utility Stoughton Utilities, said safety is core to the culture of the utility and also discussed how the utility has maintained high levels of reliability.
Generation
The American Public Power Association and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on May 12 sent a letter in support of the Help Hoover Dam Act to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV).
Bonds and Financing
The Tennessee Valley Authority on May 13 priced $1.5 billion of new 10-year maturity global power bonds, with an interest rate of 4.875% -- the agency’s largest bond transaction since 2011. This is TVA’s fourth offering of new bonds and other long-term financings in less than a year. Proceeds of the
Bonds and Financing
The House Ways and Means Committee on May 14 passed the tax title to budget reconciliation legislation for Fiscal Year 2025 and beyond.
Reliability
The House on May 13 passed the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025 by unanimous consent.
Generation
ENGIE North America has entered into a preliminary agreement with Cipher Mining Inc. to enter into a power supply agreement to power a Cipher data center in Texas.