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Generation
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the offer of a conditional commitment of up to $1.52 billion for a loan guarantee to Holtec Palisades to finance the restoration and resumption of service of an 800-megawatt electric nuclear generating station in Covert Township, Michigan. The project aims to bring back online the Palisades Nuclear Plant, which ceased operations in May 2022, and upgrade it to produce baseload power until at least 2051.
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Safety
Safety professionals weigh in on why it is helpful to track various aspects of safety briefings and training in addition to incidents.
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The long-time leader of Easton Utilities in Maryland on the importance of having a customer-centric culture and building a bank of goodwill across various community stakeholders.
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Generation
Granite Shore Power recently announced an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under which the parties have set a firm date for the voluntary closure by GSP of operations at Merrimack Station, New England’s last remaining coal-fired power plant, as well as the Schiller Station.
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Electricity Markets
The Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority announced John Rhodes’s appointment as LIPA’s Acting CEO, effective immediately, LIPA said on March 27.
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Reliability
The City Council for the public power community of Pineville, N.C., recently approved a plan for the construction of a new electric substation to serve new electric loads.
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Energy Efficiency
A team of experts from the University of Notre Dame, in collaboration with faculty at the University of Maryland and University of Utah, have found a way to use artificial intelligence to analyze a household’s passive design characteristics and predict its energy expenses with more than 74 percent
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The following is a transcript of the March 24, 2024, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's
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Generation
Illinois utility Commonwealth Edison recently announced the first set of new Transmission Security Agreements (TSAs) “designed to protect customers and ensure fairness in the cost of connecting and providing transmission service to new large loads requesting service from the grid.”
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Customer Service
Public power utilities across the U.S. earned high marks in the latest J.D. Power rankings for residential customer electric service.