The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted unanimously to streamline its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review for water power actions, that have minimal or no impacts to the environment, to provide greater efficiency and regulatory certainty to regulated industries.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Feb. 20 issued a final rule to repeal amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Oil- and Coal-Fired Fossil Fuel-Fired power plants.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, recently announced that it has broken ground on its newest data center: a state-of-the-art 1 gigawatt campus in Lebanon, Indiana.
Contact Tobias Sellier, Senior Director of Media Relations and Communications at MediaRelations@PublicPower.org. Washington D.C., February 24, 2026—The American Public Power Association’s Legislative & Resolutions Committee approved eight policy resolutions during...
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Feb. 17 announced a partnership agreement between the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics to undertake a study exploring nuclear energy opportunities in Wisconsin.
A recently announced U.S.-Japan trade agreement calls for the construction of a 9.2- gigawatt natural gas power plant in Ohio.