Grant PUD Commissioners unanimously approved a 20-year power purchase agreement with Quincy Solar for a 120-megawatt solar development to be built in the Rocky Ford area of Grant County, Wash.

The Environmental Protection Agency this week released a list that details 47 facilities granted the Clean Air Act Section 112 Presidential Exemption, temporarily halting the compliance requirements for these facilities from the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units for two years.

Fitch Ratings recently affirmed Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC) and Connecticut Transmission Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative ratings at “AA-.”

Capital Power Corporation announced that an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the company has entered into a definitive agreement that will result in the acquisition of two power plants in the PJM Interconnection, which is expected to be a $2.2 billion transaction.

The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency on April 15 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Energy Center I, a state-of-the-art RICE (Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine) power plant designed to deliver 75 net megawatts of capacity.

The Manitowoc Public Utilities Commission on April 14 passed a resolution approving the formation of a subsidiary Limited Liability Company called Horizon Blends Pellets LLC.