The Santee Cooper Board of Directors on Dec. 4 approved $1.2 billion in spending for 2024, including $556 million in non-fuel operations and maintenance costs and $665 million in capital spending for 2024, as part of its annual budget review for the utility.

Geothermal heat pumps have the potential to substantially reduce carbon dioxide emissions while also lowering the need for new transmission lines, according to the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

On the morning of December 11, Texas public power utility Lubbock Power & Light finished connecting the remaining 30% of its system to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

The City Council for Russell, Kansas, recently approved a resolution authorizing and providing for the acquisition and installation of 15 megawatts of generation.

The public power community of Pineville, N.C., on Dec. 5 detailed its plans for the construction of a new electric substation to serve new electric loads.