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Environment
Alabama public power utility Riviera Utilities has received $800,000 for its Coastal Wastewater Resiliency Improvement Project.
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Community Engagement
The City of Fountain Utilities in Colorado is utilizing sheep to control the weeds on a 25-acre piece of land that is home to a substation and solar array.
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Electricity Markets
ISO New England has filed a proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that will establish the ISO as the independent reviewer of transmission owners’ asset condition projects in the region.
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Community Engagement
The Middleton Electric Light Department (MELD) recently announced that MELD Commissioner and revered veteran lineman Kenny Rollins has been honored with the prestigious 2026 Person of the Year Award by the Northeast Public Power Association (NEPPA).
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Community Engagement
The Zeeland Board of Public Works General Manager Andrew Boatright will retire this September, closing out a 43-year career dedicated to public power, the Michigan public power utility noted on Aug. 24.
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Generation
Bloom Energy on Aug. 19 introduced Power Connect, a new deployment system that it said can reduce onsite power installation time by over 40%, helping customers bring new power capacity online faster and with greater schedule certainty.
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Transmission
ArcLight Capital Partners on Aug. 24 announced a $1 billion equity commitment from its funds to launch Anchor Point Transmission, LLC, an independent transmission company.
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Reliability
The Placer County Water Agency Board of Directors recently approved a Joint Powers Agreement with the cities of Sacramento and Roseville, establishing the RiverArc Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and formalizing a regional water supply partnership that has been years in the making, California-based PCWA said on Aug. 24.
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Reliability
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Aug. 21 issued an emergency order directing the PJM Interconnection, in coordination with Constellation Energy Corporation, to ensure Units 3 and 4 of the Eddystone Generating Station in Pennsylvania remain available "to operate and to employ economic dispatch to minimize costs for the American people."
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Security
The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and other government partners and agencies have released a Cybersecurity Advisory to warn of an active cyber threat to internet-exposed Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs).