Generation
The Virginia Municipal Electric Association has issued a request for proposals that seeks competitive proposals from qualified battery energy storage systems developers to design, build, and operate utility-scale BESS facilities with a commercial operation date in 2026.
Electricity Markets
The Village of Paxton, Neb., has entered into a Professional Retail Operating Agreement with Nebraska Public Power District that went into effect March 1.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Board of Supervisors for Placer County, Calif., recently approved a 1,170-acre solar panel facility that will provide power to Sacramento Municipal Utility District customers in west Placer County.
Transmission
The U.S. Department of Energy on Feb. 28 announced a Request for Proposals for up to $200 million for transmission projects to connect remote and isolated microgrids to existing infrastructure corridors in Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories of the United States.
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Generation
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently announced plans to issue a proposed rule for licensing advanced nuclear reactors. The NRC has directed its staff to publish a proposed rule and draft guidance “to establish a licensing process for commercial nuclear power plants that is risk informed
Electricity Markets
The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency’s All Requirements Project Committee and Board of Directors recently voted to approve the City of Berea Municipal Utilities’ request to become KYMEA’s newest All Requirements member.
Bonds and Financing
California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District was recently awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
Generation
The Illinois Commerce Commission recently approved the Illinois Power Agency's $1.1 billion renewable resource procurement plan for the next two years.
Generation
The U.S. Department of Energy and Kairos Power have signed a technology investment agreement to implement an Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program risk reduction award, for which the company was selected in December 2020, to support the design, construction, and commissioning of the Hermes demonstration reactor in Oak Ridge, Tenn.