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City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to help strengthen Springfield’s electric grid.
Since becoming President and CEO of Nebraska public power utility Omaha Public Power District in 2021, Javier Fernandez has been participating in a listening tour with OPPD staff, which he notes helps to creates a culture of caring and trust.
Holyoke Gas & Electric General Manager James Lavelle has been elected by the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Board of Directors to serve as its chairman. Lavelle, who has been a director on MMWEC’s board since 2004, was elected to the one-year term earlier this month at an MMWEC
In 2020, after South Carolina’s Rock Hill Utilities implemented texting, the public power utility -- whose operations include electric, water and sanitation -- saw quick results.
The Seattle City Council recently approved Seattle City Light’s new Integrated Resource Plan.
Over the past three years, Oregon public power utility Eugene Water and Electric Board has been upgrading the downtown underground power system by replacing six cable vaults with modernized, cost-effective infrastructure.
American Public Power Association President & CEO Scott Corwin on July 23 participated in a White House event to reaffirm public power utilities’ commitment to ensuring customers are not burdened with costs caused by infrastructure investment to meet growing data center demand.
The City of Walters, Oklahoma, and Walters Public Works Authority in June celebrated the groundbreaking of a new Substation Capacity Enhancement Project.