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Environment
There is strong interest in Congress and the Biden Administration in addressing climate change Federal efforts to address climate change must be done on an economy-wide basis, remain technology neutral, and set realistic emission reduction targets
Reliability
The Stillwater Electric Utility, the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma’s electric department, earned the Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma Inc. first-place award in the annual Electric Operations and Reliability Competition, for the second year in a row, and a first-place award for safety.
Community Engagement
Residents in the North Carolina towns of Pineville and Hobgood will soon have more opportunities for community and connection in their downtowns.
Community Engagement
Three municipalities in Northern Arizona impacted by the transition away from coal-fired power plants will receive a total of $125,000 in economic development grants from a grant funding program.
Bonds and Financing
The Tennessee Valley Authority priced $1.25 billion of new 30- year maturity global power bonds, with an interest rate of 5.25%.
Generation
The PJM Interconnection in December announced that Indian River Unit 4, a coal-fired generator in Delaware owned by NRG, can retire nearly two years ahead of its currently scheduled deactivation without adverse impacts to reliability.
The CPS Energy Board of Trustees recently voted to elect current Vice Chair, Dr. Francine Sanders Romero, as the new Board Chair and Dr. Willis Mackey as the new Vice Chair, effective February 1, 2025.
Unprecedented demand growth from traditional loads, data centers, and electrification is coming at a time when traditional generation is retiring prematurely and new, reliable generation cannot be built quickly enough. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation increased its 10-year summer
Security
The electric sector has strong mandatory and enforceable cyber and physical security standards in place. Threats are always evolving, and standards are only one part of ensuring security. Support strong industry-government partnerships to prevent, prepare for, and respond to attacks. Oppose
Bonds and Financing
Public power is ready to work with the federal government to deploy energy infrastructure funding in a way that increases the resilience of the grid, reduces emissions, and helps keep electricity affordable Federal energy infrastructure funding must be available to public power utilities and their