The Lafayette, La., City Council on March 5 cleared a path for Lafayette Utilities System to build a new natural gas-fired power plant.

The U.S. Department of Energy and Kairos Power have signed a technology investment agreement to implement an Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program risk reduction award, for which the company was selected in December 2020, to support the design, construction, and commissioning of the Hermes demonstration reactor in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

The Illinois Commerce Commission recently approved the Illinois Power Agency's $1.1 billion renewable resource procurement plan for the next two years.

California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District was recently awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency’s All Requirements Project Committee and Board of Directors recently voted to approve the City of Berea Municipal Utilities’ request to become KYMEA’s newest All Requirements member.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently announced plans to issue a proposed rule for licensing advanced nuclear reactors. The NRC has directed its staff to publish a proposed rule and draft guidance “to establish a licensing process for commercial nuclear power plants that is risk informed