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Bear Prairie, who has served as the General Manager, and Assistant General Manager, at Idaho Falls Power and Fiber since 2010, has resigned to accept a new role within the utility industry.
Columbia Generating Station successfully reconnected to the Pacific Northwest’s power grid on June 16 at 5:02 p.m. completing its biennial refueling outage, Energy Northwest reported.
Austin Energy’s power generation and transmission facilities have completed their weatherization readiness activities in preparation for the coming heat this summer, the Texas public power utility said on June 18.
Brian Taylor, General Manager for Tennessee public power utility CDE Lightband, and Lance Haynie, Government Affairs Director for the City of Santa Clara, Utah, on June 10 provided a variety of examples of how artificial intelligence can be utilized by public power utilities and public power cities.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 18 took several actions to remove regulatory obstacles and therefore speed up the construction of needed natural gas infrastructure projects in the U.S.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision denying Kimball Wind, LLC’s request to order the Western Area Power Administration to pay for interconnection costs under section 211A of the Federal Power Act.
President Trump Signs Executive Order on Wildfire Prevention and Response
The board of directors for California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District recently met and took a number of actions including adopting a 2025 Wildfire Mitigation Plan.