U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on June 26 issued an emergency order that directs Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Platte River Power Authority, Salt River Project, PacifiCorp, and Public Service Company of Colorado, to take all measures necessary to ensure that Craig Unit 1 is available to operate at the direction of the Southwest Power Pool.

Constellation on June 26 said it has filed license renewal applications with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the operations of Ginna Clean Energy Center and Nine Mile Point Unit 1 reactors in upstate New York to 2049.

The Board of Commissioners of the Michigan Public Power Agency on June 17 announced that Patrick Bowland, Chief Executive Officer & General Manager, plans to retire in spring 2027 after more than eleven years of distinguished leadership of the organization.

California public power utility SMUD plans to issue approximately $250 million of Electric Revenue Bonds and Subordinated Electric Revenue Bonds during the month of June 2026. The Bonds consist of Green Bonds with a second party opinion provided by Kestrel, it said on June 25 in a news release

U.S. Senator Alan Armstrong (R-OK) recently introduced S. 4944, the American Energy and Mineral Infrastructure Act, which would reform federal permitting under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA), promote interagency coordination for the review of natural gas pipeline projects, and clarify permissible hardrock mining activities for permitting purposes.

ICF on June 25 released a new report on rising U.S. electricity demand, the available capacity to serve that growth, and the investments needed to maintain reliability and affordability.