Arizona public power utility Salt River Project (SRP) has signed a contract with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources to add a 100-megawatt (MW) battery storage system to the existing 100-MW solar plant, Saint Solar, located in Coolidge, Ariz., which is currently serving SRP customers.

Daniel Beans has been appointed director of California’s Roseville Electric Utility. He will start Feb. 7, 2022.

Average wholesale electricity prices rose in 2021 compared with 2020 levels pushed, in part, by higher natural gas costs, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC) recently transferred ownership of its Alfred L. Pierce 84-megawatt electric generating facility located in Wallingford, Conn., to MPH AL Pierce LLC.

Electric line crews from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) recently completed work on the Navajo Nation for a mutual aid training exercise that included extending electricity to Navajo homes.

A purchase power agreement (PPA) the City of Denton, Texas, has entered into with Core Scientific to provide power to the company's anticipated digital asset mining operation is unlikely to affect the credit quality of the city’s utility revenue bonds, Fitch Ratings recently said.