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Additional mutual aid crews arrived on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla., adding an additional 100 crew members to the city's restoration efforts to rebuild after experiencing unprecedented damage to the City's electric system in the wake of an extreme storm that hit the city on May 10.
The Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation recently announced the addition of the City of Dover, Delaware, as an associate member.
In response to an extreme storm system that has impacted Tallahassee, Fla., causing widespread and extensive damage, the Florida Municipal Electric Association has called on its national mutual aid network to bring in more than 215 personnel from 20 utilities in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina to assist with power restoration efforts in the capital city, FMEA reported on May 10.
Maine public power utility Kennebunk Light & Power District’s relationship with its customers is one of its greatest assets, said Anna Henderson, General Manager of KLPD. In a Q&A with Public Power Current, she also detailed mutual aid efforts in response to a recent nor'easter.
Vermont public power utility Morrisville Water and Light on May 8 reported that its Board of Trustees has approved an Energy Storage Service Agreement with Encore Renewable for the development of a five-megawatt battery storage project.
Burbank, Calif., City Manager Justin Hess has selected Assistant General Manager of Power Supply Mandip Samra as the General Manager of Burbank Water and Power, replacing Joseph Lillio who will resume his role as the Chief Financial Officer of Burbank Water and Power. Samra will assume the role of General Manager on May 19, 2024.
The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District board of directors on May 6 approved a new contract for power generated at the Jeffrey Hydro plant south of Brady, Neb. The approved agreement is with the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska and will run from July 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
Rich Wallen, Grant County PUD general manager and CEO, has announced his resignation from the Washington State public power utility. The resignation, which was given to Grant PUD’s Board of Commissioners on May 7, is effective on June 14.