Public Power Current

Arizona public power utility Salt River Project (SRP) is making progress toward reaching its 2035 Sustainability Goals, which focus on reducing SRP’s carbon footprint, ensuring a resilient water supply, evolving SRP’s grid and customer energy solutions, promoting a sustainable supply chain, reducing waste and engaging the customers and communities SRP serves, it said on Jan. 15.

The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities announced the election of its Board officers for the upcoming term following its January 21, 2026, Board meeting.

Public power utilities on Jan. 26 reported that they are making progress in restoring power to customers who experienced outages due to Winter Storm Fern.

Crews from public power utilities were hard at work over the weekend restoring power to customers in the wake of Winter Storm Fern.

In a Jan. 22 letter, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright asked the nation’s grid operators to maintain communication with DOE during Winter Storm Fern and be prepared to make backup generation resources at data centers and other major facilities available as needed.

The PJM Interconnection, the Midcontinent ISO, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the New York ISO and the Southwest Power Pool are taking steps to prepare for the arrival of Winter Storm Fern.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation “is encouraged that industry has taken actions to prepare for what appears to be a very challenging winter storm system,” NERC said on Jan. 22 in reference to Winter Storm Fern.

Jan. 22 marked an important milestone for the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. The date marks the 67-year anniversary of NTUA’s serving the Navajo people.