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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.
From coordinating with public safety officials to communicating about backup options, learn the different approaches public power utilities take to ensure that customers who have a medical need for electricity aren’t left on their own in a major event or if they have difficulty in paying their bill.
Congress and other federal agencies need to take action to keep pace with the nation’s evolving electric power grid, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Building enough infrastructure for unconstrained data center demand in Virginia “will be very difficult and meeting half that demand is still difficult,” a recently released report concludes.
Why advanced nuclear is becoming an increasingly valued option in the future generating mix, and lessons from public power projects leading the way.
The California Community Choice Association expressed disappointment in a California Public Utilities Commission decision that designates Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison as central buyers to procure local, multi-year resource adequacy.
In the second part of the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) latest three-part Public Power Current newsletter series focused on small town innovation, we focus on prioritizing safety and reliability initiatives.
Volunteers for Light Up Navajo IV weigh in on their experience participating in the initiative to bring electricity to homes on the Navajo Nation.
Utility customer enrollment in both retail demand response and dynamic pricing programs increased from 2018 to 2019 and data suggests that as more advanced meters are deployed utilities will continue to see increasing enrollment levels, according to a new report from the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
President Biden on Jan. 14 signed an executive order that directs certain federal agencies to make federal sites available for artificial intelligence data centers and new clean power facilities, facilitate this infrastructure’s interconnection to the electric grid, fulfill permitting obligations expeditiously, and advance transmission development around federal sites.