Generation
The Kerrville City Council unanimously approved funding for the Kerrville Public Utility Board’s (KPUB) proposed natural gas-fired power generation facility, marking a significant milestone in the utility’s strategic plan to provide long-term cost stability for customers.
Various advanced nuclear generation technologies in development, including public power-involved projects, and why advocates see the technology as important for the future electric system.
Electricity Markets
When the Federal Power Act passed in 1935, Congress thought it had established and enshrined a clear division of jurisdiction between the federal government and the states for the emerging...
Distributed Energy Resources
Orsted on Jan. 25 said that it will reposition Skipjack Wind, a combined 966-megawatt project in development off the coast of the Delmarva peninsula, for future offtake opportunities.
Generation
The Lansing Board of Water & Light on July 19 announced its plan to build over 650 megawatts of clean energy projects to support its clean energy goals and meet future regional load growth.
Electricity Markets
PacifiCorp became the first entity in the Western United States to formally commit to a regional coordinated energy market by recently signing an implementation agreement with the California ISO for its Extended Day-Ahead Market.
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a comprehensive series of reforms to the California Independent System Operator’s interconnection process, ruling that the changes will help “ensure that interconnection customers are able to interconnect to the transmission system in a reliable, efficient, transparent, and timely manner,” CAISO said on Oct. 1.
Electricity Markets
The Midcontinent ISO and the Organization of MISO States recently released the 2025 OMS-MISO Survey results, reinforcing near-term resource adequacy risks as demand for electricity rises across the region.
Transmission
In a landmark decision, the Public Utility Commission of Texas on April 24 approved a plan to build the Electric Reliability Council of Texas region’s first extra high voltage transmission lines to meet the Permian Basin’s rapidly growing power needs.
Whether driven by a profit motive or another agenda, entities dishing out lies and deceptive messages require utilities to build strong ongoing relationships with their communities to ameliorate the damage.