At a recent meeting of Muscatine, Iowa’s Board of Water, Electric and Communications Trustees, the board took additional steps toward expanding the city utility’s renewable energy portfolio by authorizing Muscatine Power and Water General Manager Gage Huston to enter into a land lease agreement with Blackhawk Capital Investments LLC.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations on Sept. 5 opened applications for up to $100 million in funding to support pilot-scale energy storage demonstration projects.

The Department of Energy on Sept. 5 announced the selection of 293 hydroelectric improvement projects across 33 states that will receive up to $430 million in incentive payments to upgrade hydropower facilities. A large number of the funding recipients are public power utilities.

The Biden-Harris administration on Sept. 5 announced the approval of a Maryland offshore wind project.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Sept. 4 announced that Orano USA has selected Oak Ridge, Tenn., as the preferred site to construct a new, multi-billion-dollar, state-of-the-art centrifuge uranium enrichment facility.

Staff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Aug. 26 offered recommendations to help users, owners and operators of the bulk electric system improve compliance with mandatory Critical Infrastructure Protection reliability standards and overall cybersecurity postures.