After almost two decades of relatively little change, consumption of electricity grew by 2% in the United States during 2024, “and we forecast it will continue growing at that rate in 2025 and 2026,” the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Jan. 15.

Guam Power Authority is included among the first utilities to participate in the Department of Energy’s Utility and Grid Operator Technical Assistance program, DOE said on Jan. 13.

Massachusetts public power utility Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Operations in December provided an update on a project tied to its ongoing efforts to enhance the reliability and efficiency of Shrewsbury’s electrical system.

As wildfires continue to burn in California, the CEO-led Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council held a call on Jan. 12 to ensure that electricity providers in the state have no unmet resource needs.

President Biden on Jan. 14 signed an executive order that directs certain federal agencies to make federal sites available for artificial intelligence data centers and new clean power facilities, facilitate this infrastructure’s interconnection to the electric grid, fulfill permitting obligations expeditiously, and advance transmission development around federal sites.

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