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Generation
Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's News Director. Our guest on this episode is Erin Keyes, Utilities Director for Columbia, Mo. Erin started in her new role as Utilities Director in late May after serving as the Utilities Department's Interim
Energy Efficiency
Nebraska public power utility Lincoln Electric System has received $300,000 in funding from Google to help scale energy-efficiency upgrades for affordable housing in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Community Engagement
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority recently announced that an NTUA employee has been crowned as the 2025-2026 Miss Navajo Nation.
Distributed Energy Resources
Revolution Wind, a joint venture between Ørsted and a consortium led by Skyborn Renewables, on Sept. 4 filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the stop-work order on an offshore wind project from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, to be followed by a request for a Preliminary Injunction.
Distributed Energy Resources
Bryan Municipal Utilities recently issued a Request for Proposals for the supply of solar energy and capacity including, but not limited to, energy, capacity and associated environmental attributes/renewable energy credits from a solar-powered generation project.
Distributed Energy Resources
Construction is complete at the wide-span location of Project Nexus and the solar array is generating power, marking a huge milestone for the state’s first solar over canals pilot project that is a partnership among California public power utility Turlock Irrigation District, the California Department of Water Resources, University of California, Merced, and Solar AquaGrid.
Electric Vehicles
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that six new EVolve NY electric vehicle fast chargers are now available to the public in Southold, N.Y. The site is the first high-powered EV charging hub on the North Fork of Long Island and is part of the New York Power Authority’s effort to expand accessible EV infrastructure across the state.
Transmission
On August 29, Santee Cooper and the National Audubon Society filed a Stipulation with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina regarding a 1.5-mile span of the proposed 21.5-mile Wassamassaw–Indian Field 230kV transmission project that traverses the Francis Beidler Forest on an existing right of way.