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As utility customers across the country face rising rates and growing pressure on household budgets, the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has secured a long-term energy strategy projected to save its electric customers approximately $150 million over the next 30 years, the Kansas public power utility reported on Sept. 23.
Unseasonably high temperatures across the Tennessee Valley drove demand for electricity to unprecedented levels in September 2026, leading the Tennessee Valley Authority to set multiple records for high power demand and system reliability, it reported on Sept. 24. As a powerful heat dome sent
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sept. 22 announced an Energy Infrastructure Development Plan for the state.
Grant PUD commissioners are considering a staff proposal to create new electric rate classes for data centers in 2027 and explore combining some existing rate classes in an ongoing effort to protect core customers from rising costs pushed by the utility's most energy-intense customers. The proposed
ElectriCities of North Carolina and the Missouri Public Utility Alliance (MPUA) recently hosted cybersecurity training for public power utility officials.
The Imperial Irrigation District has executed agreements with BHE Renewables, through its CalEnergy subsidiary, which include 86 megawatts of around-the-clock geothermal energy from the Salton Sea 4 and Leathers geothermal projects in Calipatria, along with additional capacity from the Yuma
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity on Sept. 24 announced its intention to help fund 31 grid-improvement projects across 26 states as part of the Department’s Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK)
Georgia Power and Google on Sept. 21 announced a new agreement under which Google will support uprates on Georgia Power’s owned portion of the nuclear units at Plants Vogtle and Hatch in Georgia that will allow the facilities to add approximately 96 megawatts of new capacity to the electric grid to serve Georgia Power customers.