Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Texas public power utility Kerrville Public Utility Board provided an update on power restoration efforts in the wake of the catastrophic flooding that devastated the Hill Country region.
Electricity Markets
Since 2000, the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency has partnered with the Grand River Dam Authority to provide its member cities with economical and reliable baseload wholesale energy. Now, 23 member cities have elected to extend their GRDA agreements for an additional 25 years, through 2051.
Transmission
The Nebraska Public Power District Board of Directors last week held an emergency virtual board meeting to discuss the restoration of a transmission line damaged by a recent storm.
Generation
Emerald AI on July 1 announced $24.5 million in seed funding and released results of a first-of-its-kind demonstration as part of EPRI's DCFlex Initiative in Phoenix, Ariz., alongside partners including public power utility Salt River Project.
Environment
Kinexys, J.P. Morgan’s blockchain business unit, is developing a new blockchain application on Kinexys Digital Assets, the firm’s multi-asset tokenization platform, to help tokenize global carbon credits at the registry layer, J.P. Morgan said on July 2.
Environment
The White House Office of Management and Budget Office’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in late June posted a notification on its regulatory dashboard that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent its proposed rule titled, “Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Reconsideration Rule,” to OIRA for interagency review.