Environment
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is marking Earth Month by expanding clean energy programs, providing grants of up to $2.5 million for large property owners to make green improvements, and offering rebates for the latest water conservation tools, it said on April 21.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Dos Palos Clean Power project in Merced County, one of California’s first community solar projects, is now online. A joint project from California community choice aggregator Peninsula Clean Energy and Renewable America, Dos Palos will generate 3 megawatts of solar power as part of the CCA’s Green Access Program.
Electric Vehicles
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association recently announced the publication of its electric vehicle supply equipment power export permitting standard, defining the technical parameters to allow electric vehicle owners to utilize their vehicles as mobile energy storage units and sell excess energy back to the grid
Community Engagement
Colorado Springs Utilities is offering a limited opportunity to purchase one of 200 commemorative Martin Drake Power Plant bricks and support Project COPE at the same time.
Electricity Markets
The American Public Power Association’s Legislative & Resolutions Committee on Feb. 25 approved nine policy resolutions during the association’s 2025 Legislative Rally.
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Generation
Electricity generators plan to retire 12.3 gigawatts of capacity in 2025, a 65% increase in retirements compared with 2024, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported.
Generation
Holtec on Feb. 25 detailed plans to build small modular reactors at the Palisades nuclear power plant site in Covert Township, Michigan, with a target of 2030 for first commercial operation.
Generation
NRG Energy Inc. on Feb. 26 joined GE Vernova and TIC-The Industrial Company, a subsidiary of Kiewit Corporation, in announcing a new venture aimed at rapidly bringing new electricity generation capacity to market in response to growing demand for computing power and generative artificial intelligence.
Bonds and Financing
The Santee Cooper Board of Directors on Feb. 26 approved the sale of approximately $1 billion in bonds to fund capital improvement projects and refinance debt issued in 2014 and 2015.