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Grant PUD Commissioners discussed proposed changes during their meeting on May 13 to Grant PUD’s application process for customers requesting loads of 500 kilowatts or higher.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on May 23 issued an emergency order directing the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, in coordination with Consumers Energy, to ensure that the 1,560 megawatt, J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich., remains available for operation, “minimizing any potential capacity shortfall that could lead to unnecessary power outages,” DOE said.
A team of high school interns is on a treasure hunt for energy savings around the Wenatchee Valley in Washington State. So far, their work shows the potential to cut electricity use up to half at large facilities, including Wenatchee High School in Wenatchee, Wash, Chelan PUD said on May 16.
California public power utility Burbank Water and Power is launching a meter system upgrade project this spring.
Construction for Nebraska Public Power District’s Norfolk-Stanton North Project is set to begin in June 2025 with anticipated completion in late 2025.
Geothermal energy in the Great Basin of Nevada and adjoining states could produce electricity equal to one-tenth of the current U.S. power supply, the U.S. Geological Survey assessed in a paper released May 22.
Lightshift Energy, a leading developer, owner, and operator of energy storage projects, will build Vermont’s largest battery energy storage project at GlobalFoundries’ semiconductor manufacturing facility in Essex Junction.