Public Power Current

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt recently signed into law a bill that will increase the maximum bond capacity for the Grand River Dam Authority from $2 billion to $3.6 billion.

Eaton and Siemens Energy on June 3 announced a fast-track approach to building data centers with integrated onsite power.

California public power utility Imperial Irrigation District is prepared and equipped to meet the expected energy demand for this summer, it said on June 3.

Missouri public power utility Rolla Municipal Utilities has been awarded a $500,305 grant from the Missouri Public Utility Alliance.

Hitachi and Southwest Power Pool on June 5 announced a strategic partnership that they said will produce an integrated artificial intelligence-based solution that accelerates generator interconnection by reducing study analysis times by 80% while also informing faster, higher-quality decision-making by generator interconnection customers.

Recent tariff policies in the U.S. are set to increase the cost of power generation technologies, with energy storage seeing the biggest hike due to its dependence on Chinese imports, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

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The American Public Power Association on June 2 filed comments in response to a Department of Energy Request for Information aimed at assisting the DOE in identifying potential modifications to its procedures, interpretations, and policies for considering new or revised energy conservation standards and test procedures for consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment.