nuclear design
Generation
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the Department of Public Service on June 12 announced the joint publication of an Advanced Nuclear Policy Options Paper.
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Reliability
For the second consecutive year, Florida public power utility OUC delivered the highest electric reliability in the state, according to reports published this spring based on 2025 data submitted to the Florida Public Service Commission by investor-owned utilities, OUC reported on June 10.
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Reliability
With a central Massachusetts territory that’s heavily wooded, Littleton Electric Light and Water Department (LELWD) needed to find ways to ensure that storms wouldn’t cause outages when trees fell on overhead cables.
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Generation
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 10 announced that 456 megawatts of new, dispatchable natural gas power generation units at NRG Energy’s TH Wharton Generating Station in Houston have come online.
Transmission towers
Electricity Markets
At a June 9 meeting, Grant PUD commissioners heard a staff proposal to sell Shell Energy North America 150 megawatts of a blend of market power and hydropower from Priest Rapids and Wanapum dams from January 2027 to December 2029.
transmission lines
Generation
A new Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) report identifies and explores more than 40 potential solutions for accelerating large load connections, organized into five functional areas: load forecasting, interconnection, resource planning and procurement, markets and operations, and cost allocation and ratemaking.