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Generation
Mystic Generating Station Units 8 & 9 in Massachusetts were retired on May 31, 2024, following 21 years of distinguished service, Constellation Energy said on May 31.
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Reliability
Iowa public power utility Muscatine Power and Water held its regular monthly Board of Trustees meeting on May 28, addressing several important topics that will enhance Muscatine’s utility infrastructure and service reliability.
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Electricity Markets
Southwest Power Pool on June 4 filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amendments to its tariff that include provisions specific to its western members.
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Transmission
A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory identifies barriers within rules and operational practices that may limit the value existing interregional transmission can provide to electric consumers and identifies a suite of options that could enable greater use of and value from interregional transmission.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The electric utility sector including public power utilities are adopting a wide variety of strategies to mitigate against the threat that wildfires pose to utility infrastructure.
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Reliability
Austin Energy’s power generation and transmission facilities have completed their weatherization readiness activities in preparation for the summer season, the Texas public power utility said on June 6.
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Energy Storage
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s community choice energy program, CleanPowerSF, is expanding its renewable energy portfolio, committing to a new 15-megawatt battery energy storage and 20-megawatt solar project in Stanislaus County, Calif.
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Electricity Markets
The Seattle, Wash., City Council recently voted to confirm Dawn Lindell to serve as the General Manager and CEO of Seattle City Light, a public power utility.
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Electricity Markets
Public power is uniquely positioned to embrace the future of the electric utility industry, said Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association, in remarks made at APPA’s National Conference in San Diego, Calif., on June 10.
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Electricity Markets
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors has adopted its 2024-2025 Strategic Plan that outlines specific goals and initiatives the district will focus on over the next two years.