nuke
Generation
Kairos Power on April 17 broke ground on the Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the company’s first commercial-scale reactor and the first-ever power-producing Gen IV reactor to receive a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
solar
Distributed Energy Resources
Salt River Project’s first owned and operated solar facility, the 55-megawatt Copper Crossing Energy and Research Center (CCERC) PV Solar Project, is now serving customers. In addition to providing enough solar energy to power 11,000 Arizona homes for a year, the CCERC PV Solar Project is helping
truck
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The Guam Power Authority on April 17 said it continued its power restoration process and has made progress it its post-Typhoon Sinlaku recovery.
substation
Reliability
Texas public power utility Kerrville Public Utility Board recently welcomed a new transformer at its Jack Furman Substation, “an expanded addition that helps us better manage customer demand and operate more efficiently,” it noted.
substation
Workforce
On April 9, the Northeast Public Power Association received a decommissioned substation on behalf of Littleton Electric Light and Water Department.
transmission towers
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on April 15 issued a penalty order in its enforcement action against American Efficient, LLC and affiliated entities, uncovering what the Commission described "as one of the largest and most brazen fraud schemes in its history. "