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The American Public Power Association has received Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Program funding that will help APPA members assess and improve incident response capabilities.
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe recently signed SB 953 into law, which includes several Missouri Public Utility Alliance legislative priorities that MPUA worked on throughout this year's legislative session.
The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee on July 22 held an oversight hearing with the five commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The U.S. Department of Energy on July 26 issued an emergency order directing the Southwest Power Pool to dispatch specified generation units and to order their operation as needed to maintain reliability.
Within a four-month period, California's Vernon Public Utilities received a second upgraded rating from an accredited financial institution -- this time from Standards and Poor Global, which gave an “A Rating” and “Stable Outlook” to VPU.
Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on July 21 introduced the Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act.
Construction is underway on two new synchronous condensers at the Lower Colorado River Authority's Bakersfield Substation, large spinning machines that help keep the electric grid stable and reliable as more wind, solar and battery resources come online.
The New York Independent System Operator on July 23 released its 2025-2044 System & Resource Outlook, a long-term planning assessment that finds New York will need substantial new investment in reliable generation and transmission infrastructure to serve growing electricity demand and state policy