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California community choice aggregator Silicon Valley Clean Energy closed its second prepayment transaction to finance its clean energy supplies, resulting in significant savings to the agency, it said on Feb. 7.
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A Concord Municipal Light Plant pilot program for the Massachusetts-based public power utility’s heat pump adoption initiative, completed with assistance from an American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments Program grant and Energy New England, shows the
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets have been certified to be in line with a trajectory that is well below a 2° centigrade increase above pre-industrial levels.
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The Utilities Board of Tuskegee in Alabama played a major role in the decision by Samkee Corp., a major South Korean automotive supplier, to invest $128 million to open its first U.S. factory in Alabama.
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The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Program on February 3, 2023, appointed Rodney Bourne, General Manager at Rolla Municipal Utilities (Missouri), to fill a vacant seat on the program’s board of directors. Bourne will serve as the director representing Region
Missouri River Energy Services announced that Matthew Schull has accepted the position of president and chief executive officer for the organization, effective May 12, 2023.
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Michigan public power utility Holland Board of Public Works continues to make progress on the construction of a new substation.
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Texas public power utility CPS Energy has reached agreements with three companies for solar capacity, firming capacity, and energy storage capacity, closing out the utility’s FlexPOWER Bundle initiative stemming from a request for proposals that was launched in 2020.
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Minnesota public power utility Rochester Public Utilities is launching a Bring Your Own Thermostat program to help reduce energy consumption during periods of high demand.