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Electricity Markets
APPA recently released an update of its permitting reform principles outlining its specific objectives in streamlining federal permitting.
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Workforce
The City of Austin, Texas, announced on Oct. 27 that Stuart Reilly will be the new General Manager of Austin Energy.
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Generation
Florida-based NextEra Energy announced plans with Google to restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa’s only nuclear facility, which is located in Palo, near Cedar Rapids.
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Community Engagement
Amy Zubaly, Executive Director for the Florida Municipal Electric Association, on Oct. 28 detailed FMEA’s accomplishments and activities to date for 2025 in remarks she made at FMEA’s 2025 FMEA Energy Connections Conference & Trade Show in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Generation
Westinghouse, Brookfield and Cameco have entered into a strategic partnership with the U.S. Government to accelerate the deployment of nuclear power.
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Community Engagement
At its annual Energy Connections Conference & Trade Show in Jacksonville, Fla., the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) on Oct. 28 awarded 19 Florida public power utilities with “Building Strong Communities” awards.
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Reliability
Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD recently released a new version of its outage map.
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Generation
The Electric Power Research Institute on Feb. 3 announced a collaboration with Prologis, NVIDIA, and InfraPartners to study smaller-scale data centers designed for distributed inference, a form of real-time data processing used across sectors including logistics, health care, finance, and public services.
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Distributed Energy Resources
Texas public power utility CPS Energy is expanding its community solar program through a Request for Proposal seeking up to 50 megawatts of community solar.
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Community Engagement
The Middleborough Gas & Electric Department held a historic milestone of a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Electric Operations Building on May 21.