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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 29 finalized several changes to the regulations for coal combustion residuals, known as CCR or coal ash.
Florida public power utility JEA, the City of Jacksonville and the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG Power) on July 30 announced a settlement of all disputed issues relating to the new Units 3 and 4 of the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, a nuclear power generating facility in Georgia, and an amended and restated power purchase agreement.
One of the many things that makes public power utilities unique are the strong bonds that they have forged with their communities. People who work at public power utilities are always ready to pitch in and help in any way they can when their community needs them. Job descriptions don’t matter. It’s
A committee in the Maine Legislature on July 24 voted to recommend the formation of a task force that would create a proposed transition and business plan for a state consumer-owned electric utility.
The U.S. Forest Service on July 10 published a final rule related to vegetation management on National Forest System (NFS) lands within rights-of-ways for electric transmission and distribution facilities.
CPS Energy, the public power utility serving San Antonio, Texas, is moving ahead with plans for two substations designed to meet the needs of the growing metropolitan area.
Due to the industry’s effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, customer trust in utilities – including a number of public power utilities -- has reached an historic high, according to a recent survey.
Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., on July 8 unveiled the introduction of S. 4303, the American Infrastructure Bonds Act, which would allow the issuance of taxable direct payment bonds, akin to a Build America Bond.