The study approved by the city council will explore pathways to Ann Arbor’s goal of powering the grid with 100% renewable electricity by 2030.

There are several pathways to accomplish the decarbonizing of the U.S. electric grid by 2035, but they all come with their own sets of challenges, according to a new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

In a major milestone on the path to decommissioning of the Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs, Colo., all electric generation inside the plant were permanently shut down as of Sept. 1, Colorado Springs Utilities recently reported.

Chattanooga, Tenn., public power utility EPB has launched the nation’s first community-wide 25 gigabits per second internet service to be available to all residential and commercial customers over a 100% fiber optic network with symmetrical upload and download speeds, it said on Aug. 24.

The city council of Dickson, Tenn., on Aug. 15 unanimously approved a resolution to authorize the issuance of up to $50 million in Electric System Revenue Bonds to finance public power utility Dickson Electric System’s (DES) broadband project.

The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) in Michigan has brought online a 250-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant, replacing a retired coal-fired plant.