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A visual explainer on the importance of water to electricity production.
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Participants’ governing boards in the Carbon Free Power Project being developed by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems are moving forward with the development and deployment of a small modular reactor project, UAMPS reported on Feb. 28.
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In the wake of recent power outages affecting parts of Michigan, communities in the state recently took steps to explore the option of municipalization.
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security in late February approved a bill that would set up redundant cyber incident reporting mandates.
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper recently signed into law a bill that will, among other things, increase penalties for acts of damage to energy facilities.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on June 23 issued a Weather Watch from June 25-30 due to forecasted higher temperatures and higher electrical demand.
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Arizona public power utility Salt River Project in May completed the final installations for its smoke detection system pilot program. In collaboration with Poland-based SmokeD, SRP has set up twelve cameras across two testing sites in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest to alert the utility to
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on June 22 announced that South Fork Wind, New York's first offshore wind farm, has achieved its "steel in the water" milestone with the installation of the project's first monopile foundation.
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The Arizona Corporation Commission recently approved an amended certificate of environmental compatibility for the Salt River Project’s Coolidge Expansion Project, a flexible, fast-ramping natural gas plant. Arizona public power utility SRP said the plant will help it “cost-effectively and reliably
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Eight years after its last such review, the Santee Cooper Board of Directors on June 20 approved a comprehensive study of its electric rates to address a projected revenue shortfall beginning in 2025. The study is expected to take approximately a year and will include rate needs for residential