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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.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Feb. 13 approved a new rule establishing the Texas Energy Fund Outside of ERCOT Grant Program (OEGP).
With the help of the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, Naperville, Ill., is encouraging drivers to make the switch to electric vehicles.
Dave Sorrell, director of City of Columbia Utilities in Columbia, Mo., will retire from the City of Columbia on March 14 after 24 years of service to the community.
In a recent blog post, Travas Deal, CEO of Colorado Springs Utilities, details how recent developments related to power purchase agreements for renewable energy and transmission line capacity are shifting the public power utility’s energy transition strategies moving forward.
Truckee Donner Public Utility District’s board of directors recently approved the creation of the TDPUD Future Workforce Scholarship Program. The scholarships target both college-bound high school seniors and local students interested in pursuing the trade and vocational skills that make electric and water utilities function.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved capacity market rule changes for the next two PJM capacity auctions to address reliability and cost-effectiveness as PJM and stakeholders collaborate on longer-term solutions to the imbalance of electricity supply and demand.
Gallatin Department of Electricity, the fastest-growing electric utility in the Tennessee Valley, is expanding its headquarters to meet the demands of the Tennessee city’s unprecedented growth.
The Arizona House Committee on Natural Resources, Energy, and Water has passed legislation to accelerate the development of small modular reactors that are co-located with large industrial energy users like data centers or uses to replace or expand generation at existing baseload power plants.