In an important step forward for water management in California, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 72, which will update the California Water Plan and set long-term water supply targets.

Texas public power utility Denton Municipal Electric in early October announced a new power purchase agreement with Jupiter Power, LLC for 100 megawatts of battery storage capacity through the Tidwell Power II project located in central Texas. The agreement, which was approved by the Denton, Texas

Xcel Energy recently said it is making a first-of-its-kind proposal to build out a battery storage network across Minnesota.

Entergy Arkansas recently announced it will power Google’s planned $4 billion technology investment in Arkansas. Google’s investment will focus on cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure, including the development of a new data center in West Memphis, Arkansas – the company’s first facility in the state.

Avangrid recently announced the signing of a power purchase agreement with Amazon for energy from a new solar project called Oregon Trail Solar.

Dawson Public Power District’s board voted unanimously to sign a new wholesale power contract at its October meeting, the Nebraska public power utility said on Oct. 6.