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Since 2000, the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency has partnered with the Grand River Dam Authority to provide its member cities with economical and reliable baseload wholesale energy. Now, 23 member cities have elected to extend their GRDA agreements for an additional 25 years, through 2051.
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors recently heard an update on the region’s evolving energy landscape — including infrastructure projects and governance.
Florida-based public power utility OUC has once again delivered the highest electric reliability in the state, according to 2024 data submitted to the Florida Public Service Commission by investor-owned utilities.
Construction on the Scottsbluff Power Project transmission line is completed, and the new line has officially been energized, the Nebraska Public Power District said on July 2.
More local community solar projects being facilitated by the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) are slated to come online this summer for participating communities.
Nico Procos has been named as Director of California public power utility Silicon Valley Power, effective July 7.
The New Braunfels, Texas, City Council in June voted for and approved New Braunfels Utilities rate adjustments for electric, water and wastewater services. Rate changes will take effect Aug. 1, 2025.
California community choice aggregator Pioneer Community Energy and Matrix Renewables on July 1 announced the signing of a resource adequacy capacity contract that covers 22 MW of capacity from the Alamo Battery Energy Storage project, located in Kern County, California.