The Nebraska Public Power District Board of Directors elected officers during a recent meeting.

Washington State-based joint action agency Energy Northwest on Jan. 10 announced an agreement with Puget Sound Energy to accelerate the agency's program examining the feasibility of developing and deploying a next-generation nuclear energy facility.

U.S. battery storage capacity has been growing since 2021 and could increase by 89% by the end of 2024 if developers bring all of the energy storage systems they have planned online by their intended commercial operation dates, the Energy Information Administration said on Jan. 9.

To reinforce a recent statement on the upcoming extreme cold weather across much of the country, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation on Jan. 9 said it is monitoring the impending extreme cold weather events forecast across much of North America, starting this weekend and expected to continue through next Tuesday.

A rule proposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Comptroller of the Currency will have serious consequences for the ability of public power utilities and rural cooperatives to find regulated counterparties for the forward contracts, commodity trade options, and energy commodity swaps needed to hedge price and supply risks, the American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association said in Jan. 3 comments.

Pattern Energy Group LP recently closed an $11 billion non-recourse financing and begun full construction of SunZia Transmission and SunZia Wind.