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SOO Green, a jointly owned transmission project being developed by energyRe and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, on Sept. 25 announced approval on the final municipal franchise agreement, giving the project an "all-clear" path to construction in Iowa.
Great Lakes Utilities recently announced that Rice Lake Utilities and Gresham Municipal Utilities have joined as their newest members.
CPS Energy announced the closing on its acquisition of PROENERGY’s four natural gas power generation facilities with an aggregate electric capacity of approximately 1,632 megawatts for $1.387 billion, subject to customary net working capital adjustments.
In a recent interview with APPA, Sharon Israel, Utilities Director for the public power community of Loveland, Co., detailed how she has proactively engaged with the utility’s workforce and discussed the success of the utility’s drone inspection program.
The American Public Power Association is offering its member utilities a wide variety of resources to help them highlight and celebrate Public Power Week 2025, which is October 5-11.
The City of Palo Alto, California, a public power community, on Sept. 15 approved a battery storage project contract involving the city’s utility.
OCI Energy recently announced the successful closing of construction financing for Project Alamo City, a flagship battery energy storage system currently under development in Bexar County, Texas.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. on Sept. 23 unveiled a new Grid Research, Innovation, and Transformation initiative that it said will advance research and prototyping of emerging concepts and solutions to deeply understand the implications of rapid grid and technology evolution