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Grid Modernization
Massachusetts public power utility Reading Municipal Light Department and Tantalus Systems, a smart grid technology company, recently announced their partnership to implement the RMLD Advanced Metering Infrastructure replacement program beginning in 2025.
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Generation
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) recently introduced the bipartisan Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act.
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Safety
Ten journeyman teams and 11 individual apprentices won awards at the American Public Power Association’s twenty-third annual Public Power Lineworkers Rodeo, held March 28-29, in Roseville, California.
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Energy Efficiency
Oregon public power utility Eugene Water and Electric Board and its customers could continue to partner to conserve energy and offset a large portion of forecasted growth in electricity demand over the next 20 years, according to a preliminary study recently detailed by the utility.
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Environment
The American Public Power Association recently joined a coalition of industry trade groups in filing comments in response to the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) interim final rule to remove the National Environmental Policy Act implementing regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations.
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Generation
Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company LLC on March 31 announced the submission of a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a proposed advanced nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas.
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Workforce
The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors selected Don Moul to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the nation’s largest public power utility, effective April 9, 2025.
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Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. has lined up debt financing for a solar and storage project for California public power utility SMUD.
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Electricity Markets
Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency’s All Requirements Project Committee and Board of Directors voted to approve the City of Olive Hill, Kentucky’s request to become KYMEA’s newest all requirements member.
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Electricity Markets
Washington State’s Grant PUD plans to impose load-growth limits for data centers, Grant PUD said in late March.