Reliability
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority and the SAGE Development Authority (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) are among the recipients of recently announced funding from the Department of the Interior to electrify homes.
Community Engagement
During a recent Snohomish County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting, the PUD hosted Snohomish County Government Councilman Nate Nehring to unveil the PUD’s Modular Microgrid Educational Exhibit.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and Ørsted, recently marked the official start of operations for the Eleven Mile Solar Center, a 300-megawatt solar project and 300MW/1200-MWh battery energy storage system in Pinal County.
Generation
U.S. natural gas-fired power plants generated more than 7 million megawatt-hours of electricity on August 2, 2024, making up almost half of all electricity generated in the contiguous United States that day.
Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'AA-' rating on approximately $59.7 million Project 2015A Issue, Series 2021A revenue bonds issued by the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company.
Distributed Energy Resources
The New York Power Authority has issued a Request for Proposals for the delivery of renewable energy into New York City through the Hudson Transmission Project, a 660-megawatt primarily underground and underwater transmission line that runs between Ridgefield, New Jersey and New York City.
Distributed Energy Resources
Bureau of Reclamation Deputy Commissioner David Palumbo joined White House Senior Advisor Tom Perez, Gila River Indian Community Governor Stephen Roe Lewis and community members recently to celebrate the first energy generated from an innovative solar over canals project funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Distributed Energy Resources
Ashtrom Renewable Energy on Oct. 8 announced the Tierra Bonita solar project in Texas is officially operational.
Generation
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently published the Part 53 proposed rule, which is an alternative licensing option for advanced reactors.
Transmission
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved the certificate of need for a major transmission project being developed by Missouri River Energy Services -- on behalf of Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency -- and other utilities.