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Four Kansas GOP members working to blunt federal power on transmission line corridor

Four Kansas GOP members working to blunt federal power on transmission line corridor September 13, 2024 Four Republicans in the Kansas congressional delegation Friday offered support for legislation limiting federal authority to take control of private property for development of a national electric transmission corridor. The bill backed by U.S. Reps. Tracey Mann and Ron…

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NTEC receives DOE funding to study Four Corners carbon capture

NTEC receives DOE funding to study Four Corners carbon capture September 16, 2024 A minority owner of the Four Corners Power Plant received federal funding to study retrofitting the coal-fired generating station with carbon capture technology. The Navajo Transitional Energy Company—an enterprise division of the Navajo Nation—announced this week that it has received $6.5 million…

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Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft balk at Ohio utility’s demand they pay for electric grid upgrades to support AI rollout

Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft balk at Ohio utility’s demand they pay for electric grid upgrades to support AI rollout Sep. 16, 2024 Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have banded together to fight an Ohio utility that wants them to pay for upgrades to the electric grid that will be necessary to support the Big…

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Renewables, cleantech sector will grow regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election

Renewables, cleantech sector will grow regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election Energize Weekly, September 18, 2024 The results of the U.S. presidential election – even if there is a victory by Donald Trump – will likely not derail growth in the renewable energy and cleantech sectors, according to an analysis by energy consultant…

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Appalachian Power to get $5 million for Claytor hydroelectric upgrades

Appalachian Power to get $5 million for Claytor hydroelectric upgrades September 9, 2024 Appalachian Power will receive $5 million in federal funding to upgrade its Claytor hydroelectric plant on the New River in Pulaski County. Virginia’s second-largest electric utility will use the money to help pay for replacing original equipment on two of the 75-megawatt…

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Greenlink West transmission project in Nevada gets green light from feds

Greenlink West transmission project in Nevada gets green light from feds September 10th 2024 Greenlink West, the transmission project that will run through Nevada, has received the green light from federal officials. Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis announced Monday that Greenlink West received a record of decision from the Bureau of Land…

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Entergy Mississippi begins building new natural gas power station

Entergy Mississippi begins building new natural gas power station September 05, 2024 Entergy Mississippi LLC, which provides electricity to roughly 459,000 customers in 45 counties across the state, is building a new power station for the first time in 50 years. The new natural gas power station is expected to be completed in 2028. “As…

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Palisades nuclear relaunch gets more subsidies in Michigan — and more backlash

Palisades nuclear relaunch gets more subsidies in Michigan — and more backlash September 9, 2024 The Palisades Nuclear power plant restart effort has secured another round of public subsidies, with two rural electric cooperatives set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars to buy power from the facility. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday…

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Data Centers Face Seven-Year Wait for Dominion Power Hookups

Data Centers Face Seven-Year Wait for Dominion Power Hookups August 29, 2024 Dominion Energy Inc. expects the time it takes to connect large data centers to the electric grid to increase by one to three years amid a surge in requests, bringing the total wait time to as long as seven years. The longer wait…

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TVA power grid working overtime amid record-breaking heat

TVA power grid working overtime amid record-breaking heat Aug 30, 2024 It’s no surprise that intense heat in Middle Tennessee has lead a lot of people to crank up the air conditioning. Officials with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) told News 2 that this means the power grid is working overtime. The TVA System Operations…

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West Virginia’s PSC faces lawsuit over coal-plant directive

West Virginia’s PSC faces lawsuit over coal-plant directive September 3, 2024 The Public Service Commission of West Virginia is facing legal challenges for its 2021 directive that Appalachian Power increase the usage of three of its coal plants. Critics say the utility is paying more to keep coal plants open, and passing the cost onto…

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Southern California Edison Seeks to Recover $1.6 Billion of Wildfire-Related Losses

Southern California Edison Seeks to Recover $1.6 Billion of Wildfire-Related Losses Aug. 29, 2024 Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, said on Thursday it was seeking approval for a settlement agreement to recover nearly 60% of losses related to wildfires and mudslides in 2017 and 2018. Under the agreement with the California…

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