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January 16–March 24—Australia—Power was cut to 200,000 people in Victoria when bushfires caused the state's electricity connection to the national grid to shut down. [90] April 26—Colombia—A nationwide blackout struck at approximately 10:15 am local time, caused by an undetermined technical failure at a substation in the capital ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - This winter is forecast to bring sudden bouts of extreme cold to Texas that could test the state's electric grid in early 2025, the grid operator's chief meteorologist said on ...
Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, at a capacity of 2,490 MW, is the largest power plant to be decommissioned in the United States. This is an incomplete list of decommissioned coal-fired power stations in the United States.
In following the 2011 agreement to close the plant, the first boiler was shut down in 2020 with the second unit planned for closure in 2025. A schedule of emissions reductions were put in place to be met as the closure date nears. [5] The Washington State Senate approved the deal with a 36–13 vote. [4]
The Lincoln Memorial and all national parks were closed in 2013 when the government shut down that year. ... But that could shift if a shutdown drags into early 2025 and the filing season draws ...
See all the federal government shutdowns since 1981 in one chart. ... The last government shutdown, from December 22, 2018 to January 25, 2019, lasted 35 days and was the longest in four decades ...
The plant’s co-owner NRG Energy announced in January 2025 it was unwinding contracts with power companies and, subject to regulatory approval, would begin closing the plant in early 2026, readying the site to potentially be repurposed for a new kind of solar energy. [18] [19]
WEC Energy Group now plans to stop burning coal to produce electricity in 2032, three years earlier than previously expected.