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A large number of public power utilities have been selected to participate in a peer learning cohort focused on leveraging data for modern utility grid planning.
Italy-based Ansaldo Energia has signed a contract with Pacifico Energy for the supply of eight AE64.3A gas turbines in a 60 Hz configuration, together with the associated generators, for a strategic power generation project supporting major data center infrastructure in Texas.
Staff from ISO New England’s Internal Market Monitoring unit and Energy New England’s Operations and Regulatory and Market Affairs teams recently toured Braintree Electric Light Department’s Watson 1 & 2 peaking generation units in Massachusetts following a meeting on the units’ participation in the ISO New England markets.
Michigan public power utility Traverse City Light & Power (TCLP) and The Salvation Army are partnering to launch a new locally administered energy-assistance program beginning October 1, 2026. The program will help qualifying TCLP customers pay both their electric bills and home-heating costs.
As Colorado Springs Utilities continues its transition to a more diverse energy portfolio, investments in a stronger electric grid will help ensure reliable service for customers today and in the future, the public power utility recently noted in an update on transmission projects.
LS Power, through its affiliate Great Basin Transmission, on Sept. 3 held a groundbreaking ceremony in Ely, Nevada, officially marking the start of construction on the Southwest Intertie Project-North (SWIP-North), a new 285–mile, 500 kilovolt transmission line connecting the Midpoint Substation near Twin Falls, Idaho, with the Robinson Summit Substation near Ely, Nevada.
Sustained high temperatures have contributed to persistently high electricity demand in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the regional transmission organization for most of the state, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Sept. 3. Hourly load in ERCOT averaged a
The American Public Power Association on September 2 joined six other critical infrastructure trade associations in filing comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing, as drafted, the proposed prohibition on importing and marketing foreign-produced “military-grade” uncrewed aircraft systems and UAS critical components.