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Electricity Markets
The White House Council on Environmental Quality on April 30 finalized a rule to reform, simplify, and modernize the federal environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act.
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Security
President Biden on April 30 signed a National Security Memorandum to secure and enhance the resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure. The NSM will replace a decade-old presidential policy document on critical infrastructure protection and launch a comprehensive effort to protect U.S. infrastructure against all threats and hazards, current and future.
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Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has affirmed both the Issuer Default Rating and the rating on Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority’s outstanding $459.9 million of outstanding power supply system revenue bonds at “A.” The Rating Outlook is Stable.
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Reliability
The Bonneville Power Administration recently released its updated wildfire mitigation plan. BPA noted that all four Pacific Northwest states have declared May as Wildfire Awareness Month.
grid
Transmission
ISO New England has proposed new planning processes to ensure future transmission upgrades address state clean energy policies holistically and efficiently.
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Transmission
Southern California Edison and Lotus Infrastructure Partners have been chosen by the California Independent System Operator to develop, permit, own, operate and maintain new transmission infrastructure that will deliver energy from renewable sources to Southern California.
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Reliability
Guam Power Authority will receive funding from the Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity for a microgrid project.
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Distributed Energy Resources
The New York Power Authority has pre-qualified 79 private developers and investors to collaborate with NYPA on the development of renewable energy generating projects, including solar photovoltaic, wind, battery storage, green hydrogen, geothermal, and related transmission.
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Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings recently assigned a “AA-“ rating to bonds issued by the city of Eugene, Ore., on behalf of the Eugene Water and Electric Board.