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Energy Efficiency
A team of high school interns is on a treasure hunt for energy savings around the Wenatchee Valley in Washington State. So far, their work shows the potential to cut electricity use up to half at large facilities, including Wenatchee High School in Wenatchee, Wash, Chelan PUD said on May 16.
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Grid Modernization
California public power utility Burbank Water and Power is launching a meter system upgrade project this spring.
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Transmission
Construction for Nebraska Public Power District’s Norfolk-Stanton North Project is set to begin in June 2025 with anticipated completion in late 2025.
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Environment
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 25 passed the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act. The legislation is H.R. 3898.
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Workforce
The City of Glendale, California, recently announced the appointment of Scott Mellon as the new General Manager of Glendale Water and Power.
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Customer Service
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS company that provides mission-critical communications via text.
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Grid Modernization
Intelligent power management company Eaton is working with Tennessee Valley Authority to repurpose its retired Bull Run Fossil Plant in Clinton, Tennessee into a critical asset supporting reliable and clean energy. As more electricity comes from variable sources and electricity demand increases
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Security
At its monthly open meeting on June 26, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission formally decided to take no action on a notice of inquiry that sought comments on whether to modify the CIP standards to address the risks of coordinated cyberattacks and to better align with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework.
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Electricity Markets
New Jersey Assembly Democrats recently introduced legislation that would direct the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to work with neighboring states to explore alternatives to the PJM Interconnection’s capacity and transmission market.
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Reliability
An official with the North American Electric Reliability Corp. on June 26 provided details on the April 2025 blackout that affected Spain and Portugal, with the official saying that the North American grid has already implemented measures to mitigate against the issues that caused the Iberian Peninsula Blackout.