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At the end of October, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a set of voluntary goals outlining the highest priority baseline measures businesses and critical infrastructure owners of all sizes can take to protect against cyber threats to critical infrastructure.
A group in Maine on Oct. 31 submitted more than 80,000 signatures from voters in 422 Maine towns, which will allow for voters in the state next year to consider replacing investor-owned utilities in Maine with a statewide, consumer-owned utility.
Salt River Project (SRP) in Arizona has signed contracts with Plus Power for two battery storage systems totaling 340 megawatts (MW) that are expected to be online early in the summer of 2024.
A meeting held on Oct. 27 looked at what it would take to transition investor-owned Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E) to a public power utility.
A unique competition was recently completed in which middle school, high school, and college students from across Nebraska and the country, as well as college students from Colombia, India, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates, were invited to engage with Omaha Public Power district (OPPD) to find ways to fill workforce gaps.
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) and Lightsource bp recently dedicated a 130-megawatt (MW) solar project that will provide electricity to AMEA’s 11 member municipal utilities.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently issued a proposed decision aimed at funding $1 billion in infrastructure that will be needed to electrify the state’s transportation sector.
The retirement of aging coal-fired plants combined with the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act has created an opportunity for public power utilities looking to secure long-term, reliable supplies of clean energy, according to advanced nuclear firm NuScale Power.