Public Power Current

APPA has prepared five new fact sheets designed to help public power utilities understand key federal environmental regulatory programs and their implications for utility operations, permitting, and compliance.

Over the past year, Oregon public power utility Eugene Water and Electric Board has been upgrading the Danebo Substation in Northwest Eugene. In August, EWEB completed the project, and the substation is back online, serving electricity to about 6,000 customers.

U.S. electricity demand could increase by as much as 32% by 2030, driven in part by artificial intelligence, data centers and the electrification of transportation and industry, according to a new University of Houston report examining what it will take to expand and modernize the nation’s electricity system.

A Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force in Delaware recently released a report that examines a wide range of issues related to the possible development of nuclear power in the state and includes findings and recommendations.

Rate simplification and restructuring could be in the works, following Grant PUD's latest cost-of-service analysis (COSA) to best determine the cost of providing and delivering electricity to each customer group at the lowest rate possible, the Washington State PUD said.

The Zeeland Board of Public Works General Manager Andrew Boatright will retire this September, closing out a 43-year career dedicated to public power, the Michigan public power utility noted on Aug. 24.

ArcLight Capital Partners on Aug. 24 announced a $1 billion equity commitment from its funds to launch Anchor Point Transmission, LLC, an independent transmission company.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Aug. 21 issued an emergency order directing the PJM Interconnection, in coordination with Constellation Energy Corporation, to ensure Units 3 and 4 of the Eddystone Generating Station in Pennsylvania remain available "to operate and to employ economic dispatch to minimize costs for the American people."