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Thirty-two municipal electric systems in Illinois have been offered a new contract by their wholesale power supply agency, Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, that would assure those municipal systems retain a voice in all policy matters related to their power supply needs through May 31, 2055, IMEA said.
The board of directors for California public power utility Truckee Donner PUD recently adopted the utility’s first-ever integrated resource plan. The IRP factors in regulatory mandates, market trends, reliability, affordability and more, the utility said. “The IRP is a living document that TDPUD’s
A Bryan Municipal Utilities advanced metering infrastructure project “has been a testament to our employees’ dedication and desire to see this project through,” said Derek Schultz, Director of Utilities for the Ohio public power utility in a recent Q&A with Public Power Current. He also detailed how the utility has maintained high levels of reliability.
The JEA board of directors of Florida public power utility JEA on April 15 accepted the resignation of Managing Director and CEO Jay Stowe at a special board meeting.
To keep pace with increasing water demand as Central Florida’s population grows, the Board of Commissioners for Florida public power utility OUC voted on April 9 to approve a new alternative water supply project.
A new study found that electric vehicle efficiency improvements have the potential to significantly reduce future electric infrastructure buildout, energy usage, and consumer costs over the next three decades.
Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD recently announced a pilot program designed to provide funding support for selected tree planting projects in public green spaces and urban areas.
The U.S. Department of Energy released a report that it said shows how commercially available advanced grid solutions can cost effectively increase the existing grid’s capacity to support upwards of 20-100 gigawatts of peak demand growth.