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Bonds and Financing
JEA recently received strong credit rating actions from two of the nation’s major credit rating agencies, reflecting continued confidence in the utility’s financial management, operational performance and long-term planning.
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Generation
A new Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) report identifies and explores more than 40 potential solutions for accelerating large load connections, organized into five functional areas: load forecasting, interconnection, resource planning and procurement, markets and operations, and cost allocation and ratemaking.
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Electricity Markets
At a June 9 meeting, Grant PUD commissioners heard a staff proposal to sell Shell Energy North America 150 megawatts of a blend of market power and hydropower from Priest Rapids and Wanapum dams from January 2027 to December 2029.
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Generation
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 10 announced that 456 megawatts of new, dispatchable natural gas power generation units at NRG Energy’s TH Wharton Generating Station in Houston have come online.
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Reliability
With a central Massachusetts territory that’s heavily wooded, Littleton Electric Light and Water Department (LELWD) needed to find ways to ensure that storms wouldn’t cause outages when trees fell on overhead cables.
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Reliability
For the second consecutive year, Florida public power utility OUC delivered the highest electric reliability in the state, according to reports published this spring based on 2025 data submitted to the Florida Public Service Commission by investor-owned utilities, OUC reported on June 10.
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Generation
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the Department of Public Service on June 12 announced the joint publication of an Advanced Nuclear Policy Options Paper.
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Energy Storage
Energy Dome and Salt River Project on June 15 announced an agreement to add a 19 megawatt, 10-hour carbon dioxide-based battery system to the grid.
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Distributed Energy Resources
The SunZia Wind Project, the largest wind farm in the U.S., is slated to begin commercial operations this month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on June 12.
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Generation
Michigan public power utility Zeeland Board of Public Works has completed its Power Supply Strategic Plan, marking the conclusion of a comprehensive planning process that will guide how the community is powered for years to come, the utility reported on June 15.