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Grant PUD is soliciting proposals under its 2026 All-Source Request for Proposals, seeking competitive offers to supply up to 360 MW of capacity to serve a growing customer base, maintain resource adequacy, and meet its obligations under the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP). This capacity
Doug Lyles has been named General Manager of Texas public power utility Bryan Texas Utilities, the City of Bryan said on Oct. 22. BTU has been in a period of transition after longtime general manager Gary Miller announced his retirement this summer. Lyles was named Interim General Manager at the
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation is seeking Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval of proposed Rules of Procedure revisions that add two new functional entities to the NERC registry criteria -- Computational Load Owner and Computational Load Operator. “Through this proposal
The City of Gardner, Kansas, is making important investments in its electric system through infrastructure maintenance and system expansion projects designed to improve reliability and support future growth, the Kansas Municipal Agency and the Kansas Municipal Gas Agency reported in their fourth
Gallatin Department of Electricity General Manager Mark Kimbell has announced plans to retire Aug. 20, 2027, concluding a 44-year career in public power marked by significant growth at GDE, industry leadership and a commitment to preparing both the utility and the people around him for the future
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has maintained strong credit ratings from the nation’s leading credit rating agencies, reflecting Metropolitan’s sound financial management, strong liquidity and disciplined long-term planning as the district fulfills its essential role in
Effective October 1, Texas public power utility Austin Energy increased the Value of Solar rate by 27%, adding hundreds of dollars in potential annual solar bill credits to participating customers. The Value of Solar rate is the bill credit customers receive for energy generated by their on-site
Voltus, a distributed energy resource platform, and Google on Oct. 22 announced an expanded agreement to build a 1 gigawatt virtual power plant in the PJM grid region. In June 2026, Google and Voltus signed an initial agreement to deliver 100 megawatts of flexible power capacity in PJM. The Oct. 22