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Generation
Tenaska on May 7 said it will add a natural gas-fueled power plant in Ohio to its plans for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub. The energy company’s development team has been promoting CCS as a management solution for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions while also compensating landowners for
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Community Engagement
A crew from Tennessee public power utility Greeneville Energy Authority recently helped rescue a bear cub that had climbed up one of the utility’s light poles.
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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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Generation
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson was joined by representatives of Tribes, state and federal agencies, and others for the recent signing of a historic agreement “that will shape the future of one of the city's most important sources of renewable energy -- the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project,” the Mayor’s Office said.
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Electric Vehicles
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs, with partners in the Drive Electric Tennessee statewide collaborative, has released an updated strategy to guide Tennessee’s electric transportation future.
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Reliability
City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., has created an educational video explaining the challenges and advantages of placing existing transmission lines underground.
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Generation
The Nebraska Public Power District is included among the recipients that will receive U.S. Department of Energy funding to support the near-term deployment of advanced light-water small modular reactors in the U.S.
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Reliability
Florida public power utility Gainesville Regional Utilities received good news from the U.S. Department of Energy, as the DOE recently confirmed the utility will receive nearly $43 million in federal grants first awarded in 2024 to upgrade and strengthen its electrical grid.
Transmission towers
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection has issued a Hot Weather Alert for May 18 for the entire region it serves and for May 19 for PJM’s Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions.
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Generation
The Public Service Commission of South Carolina approved an application by Dominion Energy and Santee Cooper to jointly construct a natural gas combined-cycle generating facility.