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Customer Service
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Electricity Markets
Power grid operators across a wide swath of the U.S. this week are continuing to take a number of steps to maintain reliability in the face of extreme weather conditions that are expected to continue throughout the week.
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Generation
Priest Rapids Dam in Washington State is “suitable for safe and continued operation,” according to its comprehensive safety assessment, Grant PUD commissioners recently learned.
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Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Nov. 1 rejected an amended Interconnection Service Agreement among PJM, Susquehanna Nuclear LLC and PPL Electric Utilities tied to data center in Pennsylvania.
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Reliability
President Trump on April 8 signed energy-related executive orders including EOs focused on bolstering the country’s grid reliability and the use of coal generation. One of the EOs calls for the completion of a report that identifies regions where coal-powered infrastructure is available and suitable for supporting AI data centers.
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Electricity Markets
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Julie Fedorchak recently announced the establishment of a new 15-month initiative to better harmonize the gas and electric industries to improve the reliability of both systems.
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Electricity Markets
The Southwest Power Pool on Sept. 10 announce completion of its plan to clear the backlog of requests in the SPP generator interconnection (GI) queue.
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Electric Vehicles
Burlington, Vermont, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak and public power utility Burlington Electric Department, joined by community partners Old Spokes Home and Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, on Jan. 8 announced new and expanded Net Zero Energy electrification incentives that will provide significant financial assistance to Burlington residents.
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Electricity Markets
The Southwest Power Pool will soon be the first regional transmission organization in the U.S. to provide full services in both the Eastern and Western Interconnections of the nation’s power grid.
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Generation
The White House Task Force on AI Datacenter Infrastructure recently convened experts from power companies, grid operators, software companies, NGOs, and other stakeholders to explore how advanced computing and software solutions, including artificial intelligence, can accelerate grid integration of clean energy.