Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency on July 17 issued a direct final rule and companion proposal to extend the compliance deadlines for owners and operators to comply with the facility evaluation report part 1 and compliance deadlines for the coal combustion residual management (CCR) unit provisions in the 2024 final Legacy CCR rule.
Reliability
In June, the Bonneville Power Administration’s Olympia District teams moved wood pole structures away from the edge of a steep cliff to increase reliability.
Workforce
Florida public power utility Kissimmee Utility Authority has appointed Richard Mark Flury as the utility’s vice president of engineering and operations, effective July 14.
Workforce
The National Urban League and Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) announced the launch of the Urban Energy After-School Program (UEASP), "a transformative collaboration designed to prepare underserved urban youth with the skills, knowledge, and connections to succeed in high-demand, financially rewarding energy careers," CEWD said on July 18.
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved MISO’s Expedited Resource Addition Study proposal, "a temporary and targeted solution designed to bring urgently needed generation resources online quickly amid unprecedented load growth and increasing reliability challenges," MISO said on July 22.
Environment
The American Public Power Association on July 18 filed comments in response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to modify and reissue the Nationwide Permits (NWP).
Distributed Energy Resources
Oregon’s Northern Wasco PUD will supply power to Google data centers as part of an agreement announced by Avangrid Inc. on July 22.
Reliability
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Large Loads Task Force recently released its first white paper, which includes recommendations offered as guidance for future work to ensure the reliability and security of the bulk power system.
Transmission
The Department of Energy on July 23 announced that the DOE’s Loan Programs Office has terminated its conditional commitment for the Grain Belt Express Phase 1 project, a high-voltage direct current transmission line intended to connect wind and solar capacity across Kansas and Missouri.
Generation
President Trump on May 23 signed a series of executive orders that, among other things, call for the reform of the reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the rapid deployment of advanced nuclear technologies to support national security objectives.