Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and X-energy, a designer of advanced nuclear reactor technology and manufacturer of advanced nuclear fuels, are collaborating to explore deploying X-energy’s Xe-100 small modular reactor in Kentucky. The companies, subsidiaries of investor-owned PPL

President Donald Trump signed into law on April 30 the permanent annual spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security, just hours after it was passed by voice vote by the House. The bill had originally passed in the Senate on March 27.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation recently filed its Inverter-Based Resource Registration work plan update with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which reports that NERC and the Regional Entities have processed registration for 100% of entities with identified inverter-based resources.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted PJM’s proposal to extend the existing price collar used in the two most recent capacity auctions for two more future delivery years.

To enable public power utilities to continue meeting rising demand from data centers and maintain reliable, affordable service for their existing customers, Congress must resist adopting one-size-fits-all policies for data centers, APPA said in an April 28 letter to lawmakers in advance of a hearing held by the Energy & Commerce Committee’s Energy Subcommittee on policies related to large loads and data centers.

The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program has approved $487,203 in funding for seven projects that aim to apply novel methods and technologies towards improving utility operations and services.