WPPI Energy is readying itself for the future with key changes to its leadership team, it said on Feb. 14.
Energy Efficiency
Lincoln Electric System customers have reduced the community’s net annual energy consumption by 147,000 megawatt-hours, the equivalent of the annual energy consumption of more than 15,000 homes, over 15 years through LES’ Sustainable Energy Program, the Nebraska public power utility recently said.
Workforce
Jaison Busby was recently named Vice President of Digital and Technology for Florida public power utility OUC.
Reliability
Eaton on Feb. 12 said it is investing $340 million to increase U.S. production of its three-phase transformers.
Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority has selected the option to construct and operate a simple cycle, frame combustion turbine facility at the New Caledonia site in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
Reliability
At their annual meeting, members of the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council elected Brian Horton, Kissimmee Utility Authority’s President and General Manager, as secretary/treasurer of the organization’s Board of Directors.
Bills and Rates
The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority approved its second natural gas prepayment agreement on Feb. 12, saving the public power utility a projected $1.16 million annually in fuel costs.
Generation
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Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Feb. 20 voted unanimously to launch a review of issues associated with the co-location of large loads such as artificial intelligence-enabled data centers at generating facilities in the PJM Interconnection, including whether the PJM tariff needs to establish rules to create clarity while ensuring grid reliability and fair costs to consumers.
Generation
The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Feb. 13 approved a new rule establishing the Texas Energy Fund Outside of ERCOT Grant Program (OEGP).