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Environment
Key project stakeholders – Republic Services, EDL, CPS Energy and VIA Metropolitan Transit – recently celebrated a third year of partnership providing sustainable solutions for San Antonio, Texas, public buses, at EDL’s state-of-the-art Renewable Natural Gas facility.
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Distributed Energy Resources
Officials from the City of Tipton, Indiana, and Tipton Municipal Utilities joined with representatives from the Indiana Municipal Power Agency to cut the ribbon on the Tipton 2 Solar Park on June 26.
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Reliability
The Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment recently announced the award of over $15 million in grants to local communities to support critical infrastructure upgrades that will strengthen the reliability and resilience of Nebraska’s electric grid. Grant recipients include public power
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Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the "A" rating on the issuance by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City Board of Public Utilities of approximately $510 million utility system improvement bonds. Additionally, Fitch has assessed BPU's Standalone Credit Profile (SCP) at "a." The SCP
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Generation
A new report surveys and summarizes strategies states are employing to cope with significant new load growth.
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Reliability
After storms and tornadoes ripped through West Michigan on May 15, which led to an unprecedented three-day city-wide internet and phone outage in Coldwater, Michigan, the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities in June unveiled its plan for additional redundancy.