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For Georgetown, Texas, a public power community, one of the unexpected benefits of using TextPower has been the quiet. After the city started using TextPower, the volume of people phoning in outages dropped precipitously.
The Imperial Irrigation District, a California public power utility, recently detailed how it will deploy $38 million to enhance energy infrastructure and resiliency in the eastern Coachella Valley.
California Community Power, a Joint Powers Authority that conducts joint power procurement on behalf of nine California community choice aggregators, and CADEMO Corp., a developer of a first of its kind 60-megawatt floating offshore wind project off the California coast, have executed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the advancement of CADEMO’s project.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recently published a fact sheet on defending industrial control systems and small-scale operational technology systems against ongoing pro-Russia hacktivist activity.
The Board of Directors of the Southern California Public Power Authority recently announced the appointment of Daniel Garcia as its new Executive Director.
The City of Homestead, Fla., recently announced a substantial reduction in the Power Cost Adjustment portion of Homestead Public Services electric bills, effective May 15, 2024.
Nashville, Tenn., public power utility NES, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell and the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure recently celebrated the upgrading of more than 6,000 streetlights to new LED technology.
Salt River Project line crews spent two weeks working to bring electricity to homes on the Navajo Nation as part of the Light Up Navajo initiative, the Arizona public power utility said on May 2.