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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) cannot keep changing its return on equity (ROE) methodology, FERC Chairman Richard Glick recently said in comments at a Commission meeting, adding that companies need to have some level of regulatory certainty if they are going to continue to make multi-million and, in some cases, multi-billion dollar investment decisions.

The Rochester, N.Y., City Council on June 18 voted to keep $500,000 in the city budget to lower energy bills for Rochester residents.

Douglas County PUD Commissioners Molly Simpson, Aaron Viebrock and Ronald Skagen invited the community to learn about and see a renewable hydrogen production facility in Baker Flats, the Washington State PUD said on Oct. 9.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey in late September signed an executive order creating the Commission on Clean Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting.

ESS Tech, Inc. and Burbank Water and Power on May 31 celebrated the commissioning of BWP’s first long duration energy storage system.

Jem Brown, General Manager of Wisconsin Rapids Water Works and Lighting Commission, passed away unexpectedly on July 25, after a brief illness, at the age of 60.

Wisconsin public power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities on Dec. 10 announced that its Community Solar Garden is now operational MPU, in conjunction with a developer, built a 1,500 KW community solar generation facility. After many months of construction, the developer commissioned the solar garden

In the wake of rotating outages implemented by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in February after an arctic blast hit the state, there may be a move to turn ERCOT into a state agency, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently said.

A revised transmission “Right of First Refusal” bill was introduced in the Wisconsin legislature this month.

The Illinois Commerce Commission recently approved the Illinois Power Agency's $1.1 billion renewable resource procurement plan for the next two years.