U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on June 18 issued emergency orders directing the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, CenterPoint Energy, and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. to take all measures necessary to ensure specified generation units at both the R.M. Schahfer and F.B. Culley generating stations in Indiana are available to operate.
Tennessee public power utility EPB has named Robert Long to serve as President of Strategic Initiatives.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and the Electric Power Research Institute have collaborated to create a replicable approach for using hourly weather data in resource adequacy studies.
WPPI Energy is seeking proposals from third-party suppliers for short to medium term capacity with or without associated peaking energy rights.
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District Board of Directors wrapped up its May 6 and June 3 board meetings with a focus on long-term investments in electric reliability and wildfire safety, while also tending to key financial and regulatory business that keeps the utility running transparently and efficiently, the California public power utility said on June 17.
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) on June 18 introduced H.R. 9337, the Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act, which the American Public Power Association supports.