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The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors approved a financing plan that will reduce costs and strengthen the District’s financial position by refinancing a portion of its existing electric system debt.
AMP announced that Bart Taberner, PE, has been named Executive Vice President of AMP Transmission (AMPT).
The U.S. community solar sector reached a historic milestone in late 2025, officially surpassing 10 gigawatts (GWdc) of cumulative national installations, according to a new report released by Wood Mackenzie in collaboration with the Coalition for Community Solar Access. While the market experienced
Texas public power utility Kerrville Public Utility Board marked a major milestone on April 17 with a groundbreaking ceremony for its new power generation plant.
Washington State's Grant PUD will spend much of the next two years preparing to make a big change in the way it buys the electricity it needs when generation from Priest Rapids and Wanapum dams isn’t enough and sells when the dams generate more than what’s needed to power Grant County.
Alpha Generation Services on April 16 announced that it has formally withdrawn its previously submitted Notices of Intent to Retire the Gowanus and Narrows Generating Stations in Brooklyn, New York.
Reading Municipal Light Department recently announced that there will be no distribution rate increase in the spring of 2026.
Lightshift Energy, a utility-scale energy storage developer, owner, and operator, and the Blue Ridge Power Agency (BRPA) on April 16 announced a partnership to deploy a portfolio of battery energy storage projects across Virginia in collaboration with Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC), Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative (CBEC), and the City of Salem Electric Department (Salem), with the potential for more BRPA projects in the future.