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Community Engagement
The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities has received a $10,000 contribution from Accelergen Energy (Accelergen) to support BPU’s Customer Hardship Fund, which provides one-time utility bill assistance to customers experiencing financial hardship.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The American Public Power Association and public power utilities are taking steps to prepare for the arrival of Winter Storm Fern.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
In a report accompanying a fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, House and Senate appropriators are demanding answers about the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and warning the Administration against the massive layoffs and reorganization the president is reportedly considering.
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Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued the final version of revisions to the New Source Performance Standards for stationary combustion and gas turbines under Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(b)(1)(B).
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Generation
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a ten-year optimised maintenance agreement with the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency.
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Community Engagement
Branndon Kelley, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Innovation & Chief Strategy Officer of American Municipal Power Inc., has been elected Chair of the Hometown Connections Inc. Board of Directors.
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Generation
A new ICF paper explores key considerations for utilities, developers, and government agencies that impact the feasibility and economic benefits of data center sites across four key areas -- energy infrastructure, fiber optic network infrastructure, environmental requirements and regulatory and policy environment.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
In a Jan. 22 letter, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright asked the nation’s grid operators to maintain communication with DOE during Winter Storm Fern and be prepared to make backup generation resources at data centers and other major facilities available as needed.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The PJM Interconnection, the Midcontinent ISO, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the New York ISO and the Southwest Power Pool are taking steps to prepare for the arrival of Winter Storm Fern.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation “is encouraged that industry has taken actions to prepare for what appears to be a very challenging winter storm system,” NERC said on Jan. 22 in reference to Winter Storm Fern.