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Generation
Energy Transfer LP in December announced an increase in the transportation capacity of Transwestern Pipeline’s planned Desert Southwest expansion project to meet additional customer demand. “The continued population growth and positive economic momentum throughout Arizona and New Mexico will require
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Reliability
Massachusetts public power utility in December was recognized by the Commonwealth for working with the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School and Wakefield High School on the Wakefield Energy Park project, which will serve as a microgrid for both schools.
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Generation
As of the end of 2024, nearly 2,300 gigawatts of total generation and storage capacity were actively seeking connection to the grid, the Lawarence Berkeley National Laboratory reported.
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Reliability
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Dec. 23 issued emergency orders to keep units at two Indiana coal plants operational.
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Electricity Markets
After several years of intense effort and collaboration under the Provider of Choice initiative, the Bonneville Power Administration executed new long-term wholesale electric power contracts with more than 130 Northwest public utility customers this fall, it reported on Dec. 23.
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Distributed Energy Resources
The Department of the Interior in December announced that it is pausing -- effective immediately -- the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States "due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports."