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Bills and Rates
By Kevin Bleau, energy resources manager, Belmont Light, Massachusetts; Doron Koll, Stan Faryniarz, and Crissy Maddalo, Daymark Energy Advisors. Supported and made possible by Craig Spinale, Belmont Light's general manager. Acknowledgements Belmont Light has been powering the Belmont community since
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Transmission
SOO Green, a jointly owned transmission project being developed by energyRe and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, on Sept. 25 announced approval on the final municipal franchise agreement, giving the project an "all-clear" path to construction in Iowa.
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Bills and Rates
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Board of Trustees on Sept. 25 approved an amendment to its Operations Services Agreement with PSEG Long Island, extending the partnership for five years beginning on January 1, 2026.
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Electricity Markets
The 2025 American Municipal Power, Inc. Annual Conference took place in Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 22-24 and provided attendees with a full schedule of educational sessions featuring industry experts.
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Generation
TerraPower, a nuclear innovation company, Evergy and the Kansas Department of Commerce, recently announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore siting TerraPower’s flagship technology, the Natrium® reactor1 and energy storage system, within Evergy’s service territory in
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Electricity Markets
A wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc. has filed an application at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking acceptance of a market-based rate tariff.
Financial investigators reviewing the aftermath of a cyberattack.
Security
What led to an attack on a small utility and what advice the director offered to other utility leaders on how to prevent similar incidents.
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Generation
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Sept. 26 announced the third Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement for a 721 megawatt natural gas power plant near Baytown.
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Generation
Idaho Governor Brad Little recently announced that the Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) and the Idaho Strategic Energy Alliance (ISEA) released the Idaho Advanced Nuclear Strategic Framework (ANSF), a comprehensive plan developed by ISEA and a broad coalition of stakeholders to guide the future of advanced nuclear energy in Idaho.
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Reliability
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation recently issued a Level 2 Industry Recommendation Alert urging industry participants to take specific actions to mitigate risks to bulk power system reliability that may arise from customer-initiated load reductions.