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While public power utilities are on the frontlines “of an enormous evolution, if not revolution, in our industry,” they remain independent, locally governed and locally managed, and the most reliable and affordable electric systems in the nation, said Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association on June 29 in remarks made at APPA’s National Conference in Boston, Mass.
As part of its ongoing commitment to infrastructure modernization, Mississippi public power utility Starkville Utilities began a major pole replacement project in June.
Lincoln Electric System has issued a request for information related to wind and/or solar projects that could potentially leverage outgoing federal tax credits if contracted through a power purchase agreement with a proven developer.
With wildfire season now underway, California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District is urging customers to prepare for the possibility of prolonged power outages.
The House on June 29 passed by voice vote H.R. 7266, the Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on June 26 issued an emergency order that directs Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Platte River Power Authority, Salt River Project, PacifiCorp, and Public Service Company of Colorado, to take all measures necessary to ensure that Craig Unit 1 is available to operate at the direction of the Southwest Power Pool.
The City of Riverside, California's biggest addition to the Public Benefit programs offered by Riverside Public Utilities in roughly 30 years will provide RPU electric customers with options to save money, be more energy efficient, increase the resiliency of their properties, and improve community
Bloom Energy this month released a mid-year update to its annual Data Center Power Report, which surveys decision-makers across the data center ecosystem.