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Reliability
The largest indoor 500 kV gas-insulated substation in the United States is now energized at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s new Cumberland Combined Cycle Power Plant in Middle Tennessee.
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Environment
In an interview with the American Public Power Association, Jeff Shaver, Investment Recovery Analyst at Arizona public power utility Salt River Project, details how SRP is recycling old power lines and giving new life to previously unrecyclable material, as well as how those efforts create benefits for the environment and SRP customers.
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Electricity Markets
The Energy Authority (TEA) and the Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Wash., on Feb. 18 announced that TEA’s Board of Directors and Grant PUD’s Commission have approved Grant PUD’s membership in TEA, deepening the organizations’ strategic relationship and expanding TEA’s Member footprint to be nationwide.
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Community Engagement
Wisconsin public power utility Kaukauna Utilities recently shared its new 5-year Strategic Intent, developed by its leadership team with input from employee feedback and future-focused planning discussions held throughout last year.
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Community Engagement
Almost nine out of 10 customers who responded (87.5%) to a recent survey rated Oregon public power utility Springfield Utility Board’s overall job as positive.
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Generation
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Feb. 18 issued an executive order aimed at boosting nuclear generation in the state. The EO calls for the Illinois Power Agency and the Illinois Commerce Commission, within 60 days from the date of the Executive Order, and after consultation with other State agencies
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Generation
A recently announced U.S.-Japan trade agreement calls for the construction of a 9.2- gigawatt natural gas power plant in Ohio.
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Generation
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Feb. 17 announced a partnership agreement between the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics to undertake a study exploring nuclear energy opportunities in Wisconsin.
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Generation
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, recently announced that it has broken ground on its newest data center: a state-of-the-art 1 gigawatt campus in Lebanon, Indiana.
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Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency on Feb. 20 issued a final rule to repeal amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Oil- and Coal-Fired Fossil Fuel-Fired power plants.