Electricity Markets
Southwest Power Pool on June 4 filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amendments to its tariff that include provisions specific to its western members.
NuScale Power reached a historic milestone in January 2023 when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its final rule certifying the company’s design for a small modular reactor.
SPONSORED ADVERTISING FEATURE NuScale Power reached a historic milestone in January 2023 when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its final rule certifying the company’s design for a small modular reactor. It was the first small modular reactor design certified by the federal regulatory agency
NuScale Power reached a historic milestone in January 2023 when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its final rule certifying the company’s design for a small modular reactor.
PacifiCorp, a utility which operates in six states, recently announced its plan to join the Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM) being developed by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), as well as the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP).
Distributed Energy Resources
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and other elected officials on March 14 announced the completion of the South Fork Wind project, with all 12 offshore wind turbines constructed and the wind farm successfully delivering power to Long Island and the Rockaways.
The following is a transcript of the March 10, 2025, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA’s
Transmission
A new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory “provides practical options for developing more interregional transmission infrastructure to move toward a transformed power system,” NREL said on Jan. 17.
Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced May 20 that it is the first utility in the U.S. to submit a construction permit application for the GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy small modular reactor BWRX-300 technology to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Reliability
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has launched several initiatives aimed at advancing its study that will assess the interregional transfer capacity of the North American transmission grid.