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Florida public power utility JEA hosted a two-day joint security and environmental oil spill training response exercise in conjunction with local, state and federal agencies.
TVA's Board of Directors reaffirmed that 3,770 megawatts of new generation capacity are under construction.
West Boylston Municipal Light Plant has installed its second energy storage project, the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company reported on June 3.
Washington State’s Chelan PUD is exploring early termination of its long-standing power contract with Alcoa.
At its June 2 meeting, the Board of Directors for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas voted to approve a “Batch Zero Process for Large Load Interconnections.”
With a central Massachusetts territory that’s heavily wooded, Littleton Electric Light and Water Department (LELWD) needed to find ways to ensure that storms wouldn’t cause outages when trees fell on overhead cables.
The Organization of MISO States and the Midcontinent ISO have released the results of the 2026 OMS-MISO Survey, which shows that states and utilities across the region are planning record levels of resource additions over the next five years.
At its 86th Annual Conference and Membership Meeting in Spokane, Washington, the Northwest Public Power Association presented awards to nine individuals and one member utility.