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APS Secures Large Renewables Supply 

Arizona Public Service (APS) has signed agreements in what it calls the company’s largest-ever planned addition of new power sources.  In all, APS will add...

PGE’s New Wind Farm Has Generated 1 GW

PGE says its Clearwater Wind Energy Center contributed 1 GW of power from wind sources alone during its first 10 months of operation, a...

Xcel Energy Tests Sunairio Platform in Grid Reliability Pilot Program

Climate simulation software platform Sunairio has entered a pilot program with Xcel Energy-Colorado to simulate the electric grid of Public Service Company of Colorado,...

ALLETE Sells Wisconsin Wind Energy Site

ALLETE Clean Energy has sold the Whitetail wind project in southwestern Wisconsin to Invenergy, with the intent that it be constructed and subsequently sold...

Avangrid Completes Kitty Hawk North Offshore Lease Area Sale

Avangrid has closed the sale of the Kitty Hawk North offshore wind lease area to Dominion Energy.  The agreement, which includes the wind lease area...

Hydro-Quebec Targets Potential for 1 GW of Wind Power

The Eastern Energy Alliance and Hydro-Québec have entered into a partnership agreement for the development of wind power in the Wocawson area, southwest of...

Virginia Utility Looking for 3.4 GW of New Wind Power

In its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission, Dominion Energy Virginia laid...

OPPD Signs PPA with EDF Renewables for Milligan 1 Wind Project

Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) has signed a 20-year PPA with EDF Renewables North America for the 300 MW Milligan 1 Wind project.  EDF Renewables...

Avangrid Welcomes Inaugural Class to New National Training Center

Avangrid has welcomed the first class of students at its newly built National Training Center (NTC), located in Sherman County, Ore.  The facility was built...

BHE Montana to Join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market

BHE Montana says it intends to join the California Independent System Operator’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, also referred to as the EDAM, following its entry...

Eversource Secures Federal Funding for Connecticut Offshore Wind Hub

Eversource Energy’s Huntsbrook Offshore Wind Hub project proposal has been awarded $89 million in federal grant funding through the second round of the U.S....

LS Power to Acquire Algonquin Renewable Energy Business

LS Power has reached an agreement with Algonquin Power & Utilities to acquire its renewable energy business. The renewables business includes 44 operating assets across...

Hydro-Quebec Partners with First Nations, Municipalities on Wind Power

Hydro-Québec has presented its Action Plan 2035 utility-scale wind power strategy, developed in partnership with First Nations and municipalities.   The strategy seeks to roll out...

Minnesota Approves Otter Tail Power Modified Integrated Resource Plan

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a modified version of Otter Tail Power’s Integrated Resource Plan, which lays out the utility’s plans for...

NYISO Announces New Renewable Energy Generation Records

New York has set new records for hourly wind and solar generation, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has reported. The not-for-profit corporation says...

AES Indiana Acquires 106 MW Hoosier Wind in Benton County

AES Indiana has closed on the acquisition of the 106 MW Hoosier Wind project, located in Benton County, after the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission...

Minnesota Power Issues Utility-Scale Wind RFP for EnergyForward Program

Minnesota Power has issued an RFP for up to 400 MW of wind that can come online by the end of 2027. As part of...

Xcel Energy Releases New Upper Midwest Energy Plan

Xcel Energy has proposed a new energy plan for the Upper Midwest that incorporates the company’s carbon reduction goals by extending use of its...

DOE Announces Spend on Strengthening Sector Against Hazards

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has earmarked up to $70 million in funding to support research into technologies designed to increase resilience to...

Puget Sound Energy Developing Beaver Creek Wind Farm

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is developing the Beaver Creek wind farm, a utility-scale project located on the high plains in Stillwater County, Mont. The wind...

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