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In a recent interview with APPA, Terry Wimberley, President and CEO of Tennessee’s Paris Board of Public Utilities, the public power utility for Paris, Tennessee, details the wide range of projects underway at the utility including rebuilding a substation. He also discusses how Paris BPU’s Customer Academy has proven to be an effective way to engage with its customers.
David Tichinel, Utilities Manager for the City of Clintonville, Wisconsin, recently provided details on the city’s new utility building, which houses both water and electric staff and opened in March 2025.
Southern California water leader Shivaji Deshmukh will be the next general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, following a unanimous vote by the agency’s board of directors.
The Energy Authority and Grant County Public Utility District on Oct. 16 announced a strategic partnership that will transform how Grant PUD navigates the rapidly evolving energy markets of the West.
For Hispanic Heritage Month, Julio Torrado, the Director of Human Resources and Communications at Florida public power utility KEYS Energy Services, returned to his alma mater, Key West High School, to speak with students, sharing his life story and detailing career opportunities at the utility.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Oct. 16 announced the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office closed a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of American Electric Power, which will reconductor and rebuild around 5,000 miles of transmission lines across Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, and West Virginia.
Lightshift Energy, a developer, owner and operator of battery energy storage projects across the U.S., and KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM), on Oct. 16 announced the close of a $75 million credit facility that will support Lightshift’s rapidly growing pipeline of energy storage projects across the East Coast.
For water and electric utilities, it is critical to communicate with customers about potential leaks, rate changes and outages. Speed and clarity are essential to ensuring water is not wasted and customers know about outages. This boosts customer satisfaction. The use of texting by the City of Bryan, Texas, and Bryan Texas Utilities has yielded a wide range of benefits.