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College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging.
Construction is underway near City Utilities of Springfield, Mo.'s Blackman Water Treatment Plant. The site is home to one of City Utilities’ newest power supply initiatives -- a zinc battery energy storage project designed to meet the community’s growing need for electricity.
The Long Island Power Authority announced on Dec. 9 that the Utility Debt Securitization Authority (UDSA) has successfully priced its Series 2025 Restructuring Bonds, a transaction that will deliver more than $120 million in new Net Present Value savings and bring total refinancing savings under the UDSA program to approximately $ 699 million for Long Island ratepayers.
The following is a transcript of the Oct. 27, 2025, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's News
NextEra Energy and Google Cloud on Dec. 8 said that they will partner to develop multiple, new gigawatt-scale data center campuses with accompanying generation and capacity.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Dec. 4 announced a historic milestone in the city’s accelerated transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2035 -- the full divestment from coal in Los Angeles’ power supply.
Higher average daily wholesale electricity prices between January and November 2025 may be improving the operational competitiveness of some natural gas- and coal-fired generators in the PJM Interconnection compared with the same period in 2024, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Dec. 8.
Taking the next step in the potential sale of two partially built AP1000 units to Brookfield Asset Management, the Santee Cooper Board of Directors on Dec. 8 approved a Memorandum of Understanding that establishes a formal feasibility period regarding completing those units.