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A group that supports municipalization efforts in Ann Arbor, Mich., recently said that a request for proposals (RFP) for a municipalization feasibility study falls short on several fronts.
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Workforce
Salt River Project’s state-of-the-art Technology Innovation Lab in Arizona offers the public power utility’s employees a wide variety of hands on training opportunities.
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Electricity Markets
President Trump on Jan. 20 named Mark Christie Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has assigned an “A+” rating to bonds issued by the Lower Colorado River Authority on behalf of the Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corp.
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Generation
Washington State’s Chelan PUD on Dec. 4 said that it will file a pre-application document and notice of intent to relicense its Rock Island Dam this month.
bonds
The Fayetteville Public Works Commission (PWC) in North Carolina has issued $94.79 million of revenue bonds at an interest rate of 2.278%, the lowest rate ever achieved by PWC outside of state lending.
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Reliability
Florida-based public power utility OUC has once again delivered the highest electric reliability in the state, according to 2024 data submitted to the Florida Public Service Commission by investor-owned utilities.
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Electricity Markets
The Southwest Power Pool on April 1 said that it has reached a significant milestone in the development of its western day-ahead electricity market by filing its Markets+ tariff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Work on the tariff began less than a year ago, when 38 entities from states across the West -- including public power utilities -- executed agreements to participate in the development process.
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Distributed Energy Resources
A National Renewable Energy Laboratory study released in January finds that the potential for adding floating solar panels at reservoirs in the U.S. is significant. Reservoirs in the U.S. could host enough floating solar panels to generate up to 1,476 terawatt hours, it said.
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Reliability
In a recent interview with APPA, Jim Robb, President and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, details the actions that NERC is taking as it relates to large loads.