With electric vehicles becoming more common across San Antonio, Texas, CPS Energy is partnering with WeaveGrid on a new program designed to help customers save money while supporting grid reliability, CPS Energy said on June 25.

Helion, a Washington-based fusion energy company, on June 16 said it became the first company in the world to secure the regulatory licenses needed for a fusion power plant, following receipt of two licenses from the Washington Department of Health (DOH).

Arizona public power utility Salt River Project, Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power continue to work together to explore adding nuclear generation in Arizona, including through a preliminary siting study now underway, the utilities said on June 24.

On June 23, the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems entered into a prepay agreement with a Georgia-based nonprofit, Main Street Energy, with extensive experience providing discounted energy supplies to municipalities from prepayment transactions.

PJM Interconnection emergency procedures will expand to augment coordination with Generation and Transmission Owners and potentially leverage backup generation serving data centers and other large loads amid shrinking supply margins and increasingly extreme weather, it said on June 24.