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Electricity Markets
In collaboration with customers, the Bonneville Power Administration on July 24 said it is strategically raising power and transmission rates to meet customer needs and support national priorities for more abundant, reliable and secure energy.
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Transmission
The American Public Power Association on Nov. 21 submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Energy in response to the DOE’s request for information on accelerating speed to power and winning the artificial intelligence race.
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Energy Storage
PSEG Long Island LLC, on behalf of the Long Island Power Authority, is planning to issue a request for proposals for bulk energy storage resources that will be interconnected to the Long Island electric grid.
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Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority and ENTRA1 Energy on Sept. 2 announced the signing of an agreement under which ENTRA1 Energy will collaborate with TVA to develop plants to provide TVA with up to 6 gigawatts of new nuclear power generation on sites in TVA’s seven-state region through the deployment of six ENTRA1 Energy Plants.
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Customer Service
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.
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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.
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Electricity Markets
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman David Rosner on Sept. 18 asked the country’s regional transmission organizations and independent system operators to respond to a series of questions tied to large load forecasting.
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Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection and stakeholders are making headway on the six components outlined by the Board of Managers in its Jan. 16 plan to reliably meet the unprecedented growth in electricity demand from the rise of data centers and other large energy users in the PJM footprint, the grid operator said on Feb. 25.
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Generation
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.
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Transmission
The House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy on May 13 held a hearing, “Wires, Rates, And States: Permitting Transmission For Reliable And Affordable Power.”