The Arizona House Committee on Natural Resources, Energy, and Water has passed legislation to accelerate the development of small modular reactors that are co-located with large industrial energy users like data centers or uses to replace or expand generation at existing baseload power plants.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved capacity market rule changes for the next two PJM capacity auctions to address reliability and cost-effectiveness as PJM and stakeholders collaborate on longer-term solutions to the imbalance of electricity supply and demand.

Dave Sorrell, director of City of Columbia Utilities in Columbia, Mo., will retire from the City of Columbia on March 14 after 24 years of service to the community.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Feb. 20 voted unanimously to launch a review of issues associated with the co-location of large loads such as artificial intelligence-enabled data centers at generating facilities in the PJM Interconnection, including whether the PJM tariff needs to establish rules to create clarity while ensuring grid reliability and fair costs to consumers.

With the help of the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, Naperville, Ill., is encouraging drivers to make the switch to electric vehicles.

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