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Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection and stakeholders are making headway on the six components outlined by the Board of Managers in its Jan. 16 plan to reliably meet the unprecedented growth in electricity demand from the rise of data centers and other large energy users in the PJM footprint, the grid operator said on Feb. 25.
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Workforce
Linda Landman González has been elected as presidentof the Orlando Utilities Commission’s Board of Commissioners. Additionally, Phillip Brown and Bridget Williams, Ed.D., have been selected to serve on the board after confirmation by the City of Orlando.
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Distributed Energy Resources
Several WPPI Energy members have once again been ranked as part of the nation’s leading utilities for their renewable energy programs.
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Bonds and Financing
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded the credit rating for San Francisco’s CleanPowerSF community choice energy program to A1 from A2, with a stable outlook.
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Reliability
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 4626, the Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act, introduced by Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), by a vote of 217-190.
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Reliability
Texas public power utility Austin Energy marked a record year in its 2025 demand response program, reinforcing the utility’s commitment to grid reliability and sustainability.
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Generation
The New York Power Authority on Feb. 26 announced the successful return to service of the first of 13 turbine generating units to be upgraded as part of NYPA’s Next Generation Niagara modernization and digitization program.
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Electricity Markets
Washington State's Grant County Public Utility District and Tacoma Power announced their commitment to join Markets+, Southwest Power Pool’s western day-ahead and real-time market, on Oct. 1, 2028, SPP reported on Feb. 27.
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Generation
The California regional board that protects the Central Coast’s water resources approved applications for the continued operation of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County, Calif.
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Reliability
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District Board of Directors kicked off their January and February board meetings by approving capital investments in TDPUD’s water system, learning about enhancements to TDPUD’s electric reliability tracking and approving a power cost adjustment credit to customers, the California public power utility reported.