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Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority recently said it has made the decision to continue to operate the existing combustion turbine natural gas units at its Johnsonville site in Humphreys County, Tennessee, until further notice and, separately, reported Fiscal Year 2025 financial results.
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Generation
The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Nov. 10 entered into the first agreement under the Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) Completion Bonus Grant Program with the Lower Colorado River Authority for its 188-megawatt power plant in Caldwell County.
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Electricity Markets
The Southwest Power Pool, responsible for coordinating electric reliability in a 14-state area in the central United States, expects to have enough generation to meet energy needs this winter.
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Generation
Google will invest $40 billion in Texas that will boost cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, with the development of data center facilities, programs to strengthen energy capacity and affordability, and workforce training in the state. This is Google's largest investment in any
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Reliability
Massachusetts public power utility Rowley Municipal Lighting Plant has started preparation work on the installation of a new substation transformer.
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Bills and Rates
A bipartisan group of 31 senators on Nov. 14 sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., encouraging the agency to immediately release the highest amount of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding available under the recently signed continuing resolution (CR).
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Workforce
Public power utilities across the U.S. highlighted the wide variety of job opportunities in the utility sector during Careers in Energy Week, which took place October 20-24.
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Energy Storage
Texas public power utility Austin Energy is taking a major step forward in meeting the City’s climate and reliability goals, agreeing to a large-scale battery storage contract with Jupiter Power to provide up to 100 megawatts of electricity from a utility-scale battery storage facility, the utility said on Oct. 23.
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Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘A’ rating of Heartland Energy with a stable outlook.
Energy storage panels
Generation
Aligned Data Centers and Calibrant Energy on Oct. 22 announced a first-of-its-kind agreement under which Calibrant will deliver a 31 MW/62 MWh battery energy storage system at Aligned’s data center campus in the Pacific Northwest.