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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Sept. 17 held a hearing titled, “Oversight of the US Army Corps of Engineers.”

Texas public power utility Kerrville Public Utility Board has approved its Fiscal Year 2026 budget, keeping rates steady to provide economic relief for families and businesses recovering from the devastating Hill Country Floods, it said on Sept. 17.

Adult sockeye salmon migrating to Canada’s Okanagan River Basin will have a better chance to survive and spawn during drought years following a successful, “trap-and-haul” pilot project carried out July 16 by Grant PUD, Chelan PUD and Canada’s Okanagan Nation Alliance with ample support from agencies on both sides of the border, Grant PUD and Chelan PUD said.

Florida public power utility JEA has promoted veteran technology leader Steven Selders to chief information officer.

The House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee recently held a hearing focused on reforming permitting processes under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

Eugene Water and Power CEO and General Manager Frank Lawson will retire in spring 2026, after a decade in the top leadership position at the utility.

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.

Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's News Director. Our guest on this episode is Terry Wimberley, President and CEO of the Paris Board of Public Utilities, the public power utility for Paris, Tennessee. Terry, thanks for joining us. Terry