The EPA on Nov. 28 withdrew its direct final rule (DFR) that would have extended by six years the deadline for utilities to submit a notice of plan participation (NOPP) to permanently cease coal combustion under the 2024 Steam Electric Effluent Limitation Guidelines rule. Adverse public comments

The Environmental Protection Agency in late November published in the Federal Register its proposed rule to extend by three years the compliance deadline for owners and operators to complete closure of unlined coal combustion residual (CCR) surface impoundments larger than 40 acres.

The American Public Power Association recently asked the Treasury Department for clarifying guidance related to new foreign prohibited entity rules that may limit the ability of public power utilities to claim energy tax credits.

Adrienne Lotto, Senior Vice President for Grid Security, Technical & Operations Services at the American Public Power Association, recently attended national laboratory meetings focused on advancing utility resilience capabilities and helping utilities make risk informed decisions to solve the

Data center power demand in the U.S. hits 106 gigawatts (GW) by 2035 in BloombergNEF’s newest forecast -- a 36% jump from the previous outlook, published just seven months ago.

The Guam Power Authority has been awarded two federal grants totaling $1.62 million from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) to advance grid modernization through its Advanced Resilience Management for Outage Recovery (ARMOR) Project.