X-energy Reactor Company, LLC, a developer of advanced nuclear reactors and fuel technology, and Talen Energy Corporation, an independent power producer, signed a Letter of Intent to assess deploying X-energy’s XE-100 small modular reactors in Pennsylvania and across the PJM Interconnection Regional Transmission Organization market.

The American Public Power Association (APPA) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) on March 19 sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright to emphasize the importance of federal preference power and its central role in the mission of the Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs).

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission unanimously approved a sweeping set of actions to strengthen and safeguard reliability of the nation’s bulk-power system.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on March 12 announced that the City of Caldwell’s municipal utility has joined the ERCOT System.

Constellation Energy and LS Power Equity Advisors on March 18 announced an agreement under which Constellation will sell a portfolio of generation assets in the PJM Interconnection to LS Power, a key step in satisfying regulatory commitments related to Constellation’s acquisition of Calpine.

At a public hearing in late February, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, officials and engineering consultants reviewed the findings of a comprehensive electrical grid study that outlines both strengths in the city’s distribution system and critical infrastructure needs, including the addition of a