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The American Public Power Association on May 15 submitted comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in response to its request for input on potential future changes to the Nationwide Permit (NWP) program.
MEAG Power announced that Pineview Solar LLC, a utility-scale solar energy facility in Wilcox County, Georgia, entered commercial operation and is now serving 22 MEAG Power Participant communities with 80 MW of generation.
Springfield, Ill.-based City Water, Light and Power’s first sets of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations have been installed and are now in operation at multiple sites across Springfield.
The Paducah Power System Board of Directors on May 11 promoted Cory Hicks as the utility’s new Chief Executive Officer to replace retiring CEO Dave Carroll. Hicks has served since last July as Paducah Power’s Chief Strategy Officer.
One of the ways in which Energy New England provides value to its members when it comes to power supply portfolio management is that the joint action agency avoids a cookie cutter approach, noted John Tzimorangas, President and CEO of Energy New England, in a recent interview with the American Public Power Association.
Five years ago, Imperial Irrigation District (IID) relied primarily on social media to communicate outage information—without a way to reach customers directly. All that changed in 2021 when IID tapped Arcos TextPower, implementing the messaging system in two phases.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced her support for Transwestern Pipeline’s planned Desert Southwest Pipeline expansion.
The EPB Board of Directors recently approved a resolution to provide new support to expand academic and research leadership at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and to create new pathways for quantum research commercialization.