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Wärtsilä will supply its flexible engine technology for a new 217-megawatt power plant to be installed in Nebraska. The contract has been awarded by Nebraska Public Power District.
The Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD) and the RMLD Board of Commissioners announced that Paul Heanue will serve as interim general manager, effective August 25, 2025.
With assistance from the state’s Department of Commerce and $5.3 million in funding, Snohomish County PUD helped more than 1,400 households in Snohomish County and Camano Island receive free energy-efficient appliances.
Grant PUD Commissioners pitched in the first, ceremonial shovels full of dirt on Aug. 26 to break ground for Grant PUD’s new Ephrata Service Center, a major milestone that will prepare this 87-year-old public utility with the space, agility and facilities to safely and more efficiently respond to day-to-day operations, maintenance work, connection requests and emergent outages well into the future, the Washington State PUD reported.
Colin Selby has been named Deputy General Manager of Energy Resources at California public power utility Merced Irrigation District.
In a recent post on the public power utility’s website, Matt Lentsch, Executive Director of Development & Governmental Affairs for the City of Mishawaka, Indiana, highlights how the Mishawaka Utilities Electric Division’s (MUE) hard work and dedication maintains high levels of reliability for the city.
The American Public Power Association on Sept. 2 joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 529 organizations in a letter to Congress calling for meaningful and bipartisan action on permitting reform.
Fitch Ratings on Aug. 18 said it had upgraded certain bonds issued by the Klickitat County Public Utility District No. 1, WA (KPUD) to “A” from “A-“. Specifically, it ungraded $135.8 million electric system revenue and refunding bonds, series 2015B (taxable), series 2019A, series 2019B (taxable)