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Generation
KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Energy Capital Partners, the largest private owner of power generation and renewables in the U.S., on Oct. 30 announced a $50 billion strategic partnership that aims to accelerate the development of data center and power generation and transmission infrastructure for the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud computing globally.
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Reliability
In a recent interview with the American Public Power Association, Janet Lonneker, Assistant General Manager for Electric Services at California public power utility Anaheim Public Utilities, details the utility’s efforts to place transmission lines underground.
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Transmission
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on Oct. 31 announced $10 million available to states, tribes, and non-profit organizations to accelerate transmission deployment through the Transmission Acceleration Grants program.
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Transmission
The Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors recently approved a $7.7 billion plan to expand and upgrade the region’s transmission capacity. SPP’s 2024 Integrated Transmission Plan is the single largest portfolio, in terms of size and value, that SPP has proposed for construction in its 20-year
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Grid Modernization
Texas public power utility CPS Energy is part of the newly formed Total Grid Orchestration Alliance, which will focus on addressing critical energy transition issues facing utilities.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Public power utility crews from various states have deployed to Florida and Georgia in advance of the arrival of Tropical Storm Helene, which is expected to make landfall as a hurricane on Thursday.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Santee Cooper team members are making preparations for the anticipated effects Tropical Storm Helene may have on South Carolina-based Santee Cooper’s service territory, the state-owned utility said on Sept. 25.
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Distributed Energy Resources
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Kansas Director Christy Davis on Sept. 25 announced that USDA Rural Development is moving forward in the awards process with KPP Energy and new clean energy projects from seven other applicants through the Powering Affordable Clean Energy program.