December 18, 2024

DOE Loan Programs Office

PG&E
DOE Offers $15B Loan to PG&E to Support Reliability Goals
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced a $15 billion conditional loan commitment to Pacific Gas & Electric to improve the California-based utility’s energy infrastructure and support clean energy initiatives.
American Clean Power Association
FERC to Consider Special Interconnection Rules for Tribal Energy Projects
FERC will work with federally recognized tribes on whether it needs to issue a new rulemaking to address the issues they have interconnecting renewable resources to the grid. 
DOE
DOE Report Highlights Benefits of Advanced Grid Technologies
Advanced grid technologies can help expand the grid quickly and relatively cheaply, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Holtec International
LPO Announces $1.52B Loan to Restart Palisades Nuclear Plant
Michigan’s 800-MW Palisades nuclear power plant could become the first nuclear plant in the U.S. to be restarted, helped by a $1.52 billion loan from DOE’s Loan Programs Office.
Invinity
LPO Announces $72.8M Loan for Tribal Microgrid
Currently under construction, the Viejas microgrid will combine 15 MW of solar with 38 MWh of long-duration, non-lithium storage and is the first loan the LPO has made under its long-dormant Tribal Energy Financing Program.
Controlled Thermal Resources
Climate Resilience Takes Center Stage at NARUC

California PUC President Alice Reynolds set the tone for the theme of climate resilience at the group's annual meeting with a story about the history of the Salton Sea.

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Overheard at Deploy23
Coming off the Earth’s hottest summer on record, the conference zeroed in on the public-private partnerships needed to optimize the impact of every penny of the billions in clean energy funding in the IIJA and IRA.
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Overheard at NARUC Summer Policy Summit 2023
NARUC's annual Summer Policy Summit attracted more than 1,000 attendees for discussions on understanding and preparing for the challenges that lie ahead.
Blue Oval SK
Loan Programs Office Announces $9.2B for Ford Battery Plants in Tenn., Ky.
DOE will loan Ford and Korean battery manufacturer SK On up to $9.2 billion to help them build huge factories in Kentucky and Tennessee for producing EV batteries.  
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Overheard at EEI 2023
The clean energy transition, the technology and funding to make it happen, were the focus of the Edison Electric Institute’s annual forum.

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