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The Lassen Municipal Utility District Board of Directors in late June approved a $30.1 million budget for fiscal year 2025-26 during their regular monthly meeting on June 24.
The House on a party-line vote on July 18 adopted the Senate-passed version of roughly $9 billion in fiscal year 2025 spending rescissions requested by President Trump in June.
Citing “significant federal uncertainty,” the New York State Public Service Commission on July 17 said it was recalibrating the timeline for offshore wind transmission development.
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS company that provides mission-critical communications via text.
The American Public Power Association on July 7 submitted comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s June 4-5, 2025, technical conference addressing resource adequacy challenges in Regional Transmission Organization and Independent System Operator regions. In its comments, APPA notes
Missouri River Energy Services along with demolition contractor Veit & Company this month began the demolition of the closed Hubbard Feed Mill located next to the existing power plant in Watertown, South Dakota.
Construction is now underway for the installation of solar panels on the carport and roof of the new Shrewsbury Police Station, Massachusetts public power utility Shrewsbury Electric and Cable Operations said on July 2.
Since launching its drone inspection program in July 2024, the City of Loveland Utilities in Colorado has seen outstanding results from the program as it strives to deliver safer, faster and more reliable service.