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The City of Ames, Iowa, a public power community, received six gold status certificates from the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy and Environment Education as part of the first annual Resilient Iowa Communities Award.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is now accepting virtual currency mining facility registrations through an online portal hosted on the PUCT website.
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 17, celebrating the successful completion of its Randolph Harley Power Plant Phase II New Generation Wärtsilä Project in the St. Thomas/St. John district.
The California Public Utilities Commission on Jan. 27 unveiled action to enhance the safety of battery energy storage facilities and their related emergency response plans.
Kansas-based KPP Energy is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a municipal energy agency in 2025.
Engine No. 1 and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. announced on Jan. 28 the formation of a partnership to build a new company to develop scalable, reliable power solutions for U.S.-based data centers that will receive power supplies from natural gas plants.
In a recent interview with the American Public Power Association, Brian Wright, general manager for California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District, offers details on the utility’s plan to add additional renewable energy and carbon-free resources to its overall resource mix in the years ahead.
The White House Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Matthew Vaeth on Jan. 27 instructed all federal departments and agencies to pause all obligations or disbursements for “Federal financial assistance.”