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A study released by the Southeast Nuclear Advisory Council and conducted by E4 Carolinas details how the Southeastern United States is a pivotal region in the global nuclear industry.
Generation
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have developed an algorithm to predict electric grid stability using signals from pumped storage hydropower projects.
Reliability
Guam Power Authority General Manager John Benavente recently met with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide further insight into GPA’s request for $6.4 billion in funding for the island’s Infrastructure Resiliency Plan, a mitigation plan to improve resiliency from threats such as natural disasters.
Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has upgraded to “AA” from “AA-“ bonds issued by the City of Bryan, Texas, on behalf of the Bryan Texas Utilities city electric system.
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Electricity Markets
Voltus Inc. has been chosen as the preferred vendor for the demand response program for the Virginia Department of Energy, Voltus said on Feb. 21.
Workforce
Brian Skelton will be the next President and CEO of Alabama public power utility Riviera Utilities.
Reliability
In a recent letter sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) voice concerns about the threat to reliability if the Lower Snake River dams are breached.
Generation
Operators plan to retire 5.2 gigawatts of U.S. electric generating capacity in 2024, a 62% decrease from last year when 13.5 GW was retired and the least in any year since 2008, according to the Energy Information Administration’s latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory.
Generation
Platte River Power Authority recently issued an all-dispatchable resources request for proposals to help firm its increasingly renewable energy portfolio.