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Washington State’s Grant PUD has received $250,000 in grants from the state departments of Ecology and Commerce to help fund both public-facing and Grant PUD fleet-only chargers.
More than 2,000 customers of City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., helped reduce electricity use across Springfield during the first Peak Rewards event of the summer on June 30.
The PJM Interconnection has issued a Hot Weather Alert for the entire region PJM serves for July 14 and 15 ahead of expected 90-plus-degree weather.
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. and its subsidiary, Peninsula Pipeline Company, on July 13 announced the Florida Energy Pathway, a new intrastate natural gas infrastructure project in south Florida.
The Kissimmee Utility Authority board of directors approved a $328 million operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2027. The vote came after board discussions and a public hearing on the budget, the Florida public power utility recently said.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has allocated federal funding to benefit communities across western and northwestern Iowa including a number of public power communities.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation recently filed a Wildfire Action Plan with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors has approved a major overhaul of El Centro Generating Station Unit 4, a critical local power resource that helps support reliable electric service across IID’s service area, the California public power utility said on July 9.