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The Board of Trustees for Texas public power utility CPS Energy approved a contract selecting Oracle America as the vendor for the utility’s new Enterprise Resource Planning platform. The approved contract for the software is valued at $70 million.
Vennela Yadhati, Vice President for Renewable Project Development at the New York Power Authority, has been recognized on the list of Trailblazers in Clean Energy by City & State New York.
The Lansing Board of Water & Light, a Michigan public power utility, has launched a new demand response program for its residential electric customers. The program allows eligible customers with certain brands and models of smart thermostats to reduce energy usage by allowing the BWL to slightly adjust the thermostat settings during “energy events.”
For Georgetown, Texas, a public power community, one of the unexpected benefits of using TextPower has been the quiet. After the city started using TextPower, the volume of people phoning in outages dropped precipitously.
The Florida Municipal Power Agency hosted a tour of its Sand Lake Energy Center for members of its Board of Directors and Policy Makers Liaisons Committee. FMPA on Feb. 16 announced that it has taken ownership of the natural gas combined cycle generation plant.
The following is a transcript of the April 22, 2024, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's
Significant decreases in nearly every recorded category, from total outages to impacted customer hours, illustrate a strong year for Grays Harbor PUD system reliability in 2023.
The New York State Public Service Commission approved two segments of the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission, a 339-mile transmission line being developed by Transmission Developers Inc., to deliver energy from Canada directly to New York City.