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CPS Energy will acquire Talen’s approximately 1,710-megawatt generation portfolio located in the South Zone of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas market for $785 million. CPS Energy will acquire all assets associated with Talen’s 897 MW Barney Davis and 635 MW Nueces Bay natural gas-fired generation facilities, as well as its 178 MW natural gas-fired generation facility in Laredo, Tex.
Electricity Markets
The Bonneville Power Administration released a document that details BPA’s position on the policies, products and services it will offer its utility customers in new long-term wholesale electric power contracts beginning in 2028. BPA has set a goal of executing the new long-term contracts by December 2025.
Electricity Markets
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has launched a survey of Texas electricity consumers to study the costs they may incur from power interruptions. Randomly selected residential, commercial, and large industrial electricity consumers in the ERCOT region will receive an email request to participate in the survey.
Grid Modernization
Liberty New Hampshire is using residential storage systems to create a virtual power plant. The utility has installed and owns 2,600 kilowatt hours of lithium-ion battery storage at 100 homes in its New Hampshire territory and in order to have the batteries serve as a virtual power plant, Liberty-New Hampshire contracted with Caterpillar Inc.’s Distributed Energy Resource Management team.
Generation
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the offer of a conditional commitment of up to $1.52 billion for a loan guarantee to Holtec Palisades to finance the restoration and resumption of service of an 800-megawatt electric nuclear generating station in Covert Township, Michigan. The project aims to bring back online the Palisades Nuclear Plant, which ceased operations in May 2022, and upgrade it to produce baseload power until at least 2051.
Safety
Safety professionals weigh in on why it is helpful to track various aspects of safety briefings and training in addition to incidents.
The long-time leader of Easton Utilities in Maryland on the importance of having a customer-centric culture and building a bank of goodwill across various community stakeholders.
Generation
Granite Shore Power recently announced an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under which the parties have set a firm date for the voluntary closure by GSP of operations at Merrimack Station, New England’s last remaining coal-fired power plant, as well as the Schiller Station.
Electricity Markets
The Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority announced John Rhodes’s appointment as LIPA’s Acting CEO, effective immediately, LIPA said on March 27.
Reliability
The City Council for the public power community of Pineville, N.C., recently approved a plan for the construction of a new electric substation to serve new electric loads.