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Oregon public power utilities Northern Wasco County PUD and Tillamook PUD have received Top Workplaces recognition for 2026. They were included in the Oregonian's Top Workplaces for 2026. "Public power has always been about people. That includes our customer-owners and the employees who show up for
Technology company Oracle on Oct. 2 announced a commitment to subscribe to a portion of the existing Point Beach Nuclear Plant’s electricity generation. The plant is located near the city of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Oracle said the action is expected to save Wisconsin utility customers approximately
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 29 issued an order on PJM’s proposed Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP) to secure additional power supply to address short-term reliability concerns.
Public power utilities across the U.S. are planning a wide range of activities for their communities to celebrate Public Power Week, which will take place October 4-10. The American Public Power Association is joining the festivities and sharing sample resources, templates, and more that member
The Southwest Power Pool and the California Independent System Operator submitted their joint report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission outlining a coordinated approach to addressing future market seams issues as organized electricity markets continue to evolve across the Western
Nearly 90 electric lineworkers representing approximately 40 public power utilities came together recently over three days in Grand Island, Neb., to receive hands-on training while building a training facility for future public power lineworkers. The inaugural Heartland Municipal Lineworkers
Platte River Power Authority (Platte River) and ContourGlobal recently celebrated the completion of phase II of the Black Hollow Sun project near Severance, Colorado, bringing northern Colorado’s largest solar project fully online. Community leaders, project partners and stakeholders gathered for a
The first phase of the PJM Interconnection's new interconnection process started Sept. 28, with 617 projects capable of generating nearly 169 GW of electricity remaining in the study Cycle. This marks the first group of proposed generation resources to be processed under a new approach designed to