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Arizona public power utility Salt River Project delivered a record amount of energy to customers on Friday, July 24, keeping customers in power on the hottest day of the year so far.
The Long Island Power Authority on July 27 announced that Moody’s Investors Service upgraded its ratings outlook from stable to positive.
The PJM Interconnection Board of Managers has directed a series of actions to strengthen reliability and manage affordability impacts of large loads connecting to the grid at a faster pace than new generation, the grid operator said on July 27.
In a recent interview with APPA, Doug Brown, the new President and CEO of the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, discusses the steps that IMEA has taken to receive top-tier ratings from the major credit rating agencies.
Representatives Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and Kim Schrier (D-WA) recently introduced H.R. 9806, the Fair Licensing for Operations of Water Structures (FLOWS) Act.
Washington State's Grant PUD lost 15 wood distribution poles in the wildfire that threatened Coulee City in Washington State earlier this month and crews have now installed a new, fabric wrap around the lower portion of the new poles to make them more resistant to fire damage.
The American Public Power Association has received Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Program funding that will help APPA members assess and improve incident response capabilities.
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe recently signed SB 953 into law, which includes several Missouri Public Utility Alliance legislative priorities that MPUA worked on throughout this year's legislative session.