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Customer Service
For water and electric utilities, it is critical to communicate with customers about potential leaks, rate changes and outages. Speed and clarity are essential to ensuring water is not wasted and customers know about outages. This boosts customer satisfaction.
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Electricity Markets
Energy New England (ENE) on Dec. 1 announced new partnerships with Littleton Water and Light Department in New Hampshire and the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA) in Maine.
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Generation
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is launching a significant reorganization to streamline decision making, consolidate functions, and align with national goals for more efficient licensing and deployment of safe, innovative nuclear technology, it said on Feb. 4.
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Generation
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Nov. 20 announced the sixth Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement for a 455 megawatt (MW) natural gas power plant in the Houston area. NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) will build the plant, which is expected to begin generating power for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power region in 2028.
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Reliability
APPA on Nov. 19 filed comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Notice of Inquiry (NOI) titled “Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireline Deployments” regarding Section 253 of the Communications Act of 1934.
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Environment
APPA joined a coalition in sending a letter to House and Senate leadership to “urge Congress to enact policies to modernize Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA).”
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Community Engagement
A surplus line truck vehicle donation from the Grand River Dam Authority will soon help boost the mission of the High Voltage Line Program at the Oklahoma State University Institute.
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Bills and Rates
Colorado Springs Utilities has secured a long-term deal that will save its customers millions of dollars on natural gas over the next 30 years, it recently reported.
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Workforce
Carlos Woody has been appointed as Chief Legal Officer for the Orlando Utilities Commission, where he will oversee all legal affairs.
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EPB’s fiber optic network and automated electric grid have generated $5.3 billion in community benefit since their launch in 2010, according to a peer-reviewed economic impact study conducted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the Tennessee public power utility reported on Nov. 21.