Nicki Fuller, general manager and CEO of the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives, has joined the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) Board of Directors.

A new report from ISO New England projects the region’s annual electricity consumption will increase by about 11% over the next decade, driven primarily by the electrification of heating systems and transportation.

The Public Service Commission of Yazoo City, Miss., on April 24 announced the launch of a hands-on computer training initiative designed specifically for its field employees.

Holtec International on May 1 reported that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the state of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of SMR-300s in Utah and the broader Mountain West region.

Given that the cost of transformers has almost doubled in the past five years and the lead time to have one delivered is now more than 120 weeks, it is important that Washington State’s Grant PUD has a proactive plan to begin scheduling replacement of transformers at a rate of two a year, Kasey Grant, Manager of Asset Management Strategy and Planning at the PUD, recently said.

Quino Energy, a company developing water-based flow batteries, and Long Hill Energy Partners, a California-based clean energy developer, have been awarded $10 million in grant funding through the California Energy Commission Energy Research and Development Division’s Electric Program Investment Charge Program.