Generation
A coalition of leaders from the artificial intelligence and energy sectors -- including NVIDIA, Emerald AI, EPRI, Digital Realty, and the PJM Interconnection –- recently announced the world's first power-flexible AI Factory.
Generation
Constellation and Xpansiv on Oct. 29 announced plans to launch clean energy-based annual emission-free energy certificates (EFECs) on an online trading platform.

Options for Future Gas Generation in a Constrained World

Explore both the potential across new gas generation technologies and the outlook for established generating assets. Discuss what options you can weigh for affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy that supports your service areas while minimizing risk. Discuss how we can use existing assets to go higher, faster and longer. More megawatts, better fuel consumption, and more years of generation.

Jacob Williams
Florida Municipal Power Agency | General Manager & CEO
Tom Freeman
Gas Turbine Coach, LLC | Energy Executive, Former GE Vernova Services Engineering Gas Turbine Leader and former Chief Customer Consultant

What to Know About Data Center Load

Take a top-level look at the future of data centers, from what’s actually being built to what demand is expected in the coming years and factors that could affect data center load. Hear from your colleagues dealing with large data centers and discuss how JAAs and your members can work with these large loads without assuming overwhelming financial risk, negatively affecting credit ratings, or undermining grid security.

Paul Mahlberg
Kansas Municipal Energy Agency | General Manager
Dennis M. Pidherny
Fitch Ratings | Managing Director, Public Finance

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Community Engagement
The Town of Estes Park and the cities of Fort Collins, Longmont, and Loveland in Colorado on Oct. 30 signed an extension of the organic contract that established Platte River Power Authority in 1973.
Generation
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Oct. 30 announced the fifth Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement for a 1,350 megawatt (MW) natural gas power plant in Ward County, Texas. Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) Basin Ranch will build the plant, which is expected to begin generating power for the Electric
Grid Modernization
Fort Collins Utilities, a public power utility in Colorado, has received national recognition for its innovative and resourceful approach to managing grid resources to help meet affordability and climate goals, earning the Excellence in Resourcefulness – Energy award from Frost & Sullivan, it said on Oct. 29.
Energy Storage
ProPetro Holding Corp. recently announced that its PROPWR℠ division has secured a long-term power supply contract to commit 60 megawatts of energy to support a hyperscaler data center operator in the Midwest region of the U.S.
Generation
Arizona Public Service (APS) announced plans on Oct. 30 to develop a site west of Gila Bend, Ariz., capable of adding up to 2,000 megawatts of reliable, flexible generation to the state’s energy portfolio. "The Desert Sun Power Plant will be a state-of-the-art natural gas facility designed to meet