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Florida public power utility Keys Energy Services, NXT GEN Technologies, and Cyber Florida at USF:The Florida Center for Cybersecurity recently co-hosted the 2026 Keys Cyber Games.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and Aypa Power on June 16 announced that Pediment Battery Energy Storage System, a 250-megawatt/1,000-megawatt-hour project, located in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor in Mesa, Arizona, is now online and serving customers.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and Aypa Power on June 16 announced that Pediment Battery Energy Storage System, a 250-megawatt/1,000-megawatt-hour project, located in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor in Mesa, Arizona, is now online and serving customers.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on June 16 announced that the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express, one of New York’s largest transmission infrastructure projects in 50 years, can now deliver energy from Canada directly to New York City.
The City of Bryan, Texas, and Bryan Texas Utilities announced the upcoming retirement of BTU General Manager Gary Miller, after more than two decades of distinguished service.
Utility professionals from across the Northeast region this month gathered at the Northeast Public Power Association Training Center for NEPPA’s 2026 Mutual Aid Disaster Exercise.
Washington State-based Avista on June 12 announced that it is taking additional time to evaluate the processing of energy requests from new large data center developers.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on June 12 issued an emergency order that directs TransAlta Centralia Generation to ensure that Unit 2 of the Centralia Generating Station in Centralia, Washington, a coal-fired power plant, remains available to operate.