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The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors on Aug. 20 approved updates to TVA’s wholesale rate structure to increase transparency, be more aligned to cost and protect residential and manufacturing customers from subsidizing the expenses associated with the significant growth of data center load in the Valley.
American Municipal Power on Aug. 20 announce that it has selected University of Toledo student Magdolna Herrick as the 2026 recipient of the Kyle Andrew Krieger Memorial Scholarship.
Alabama public power utility Riviera Utilities has received $800,000 for its Coastal Wastewater Resiliency Improvement Project.
In 2020, after South Carolina’s Rock Hill Utilities implemented texting, the public power utility saw speedy results. The utility's operations include water, electric and sanitation.
The Bonneville Power Administration on Aug. 20 celebrated its 89th anniversary.
Six Northeast Public Power Association Board members were re-elected and one new board member was elected as a new board member.
In a new analysis, McKinsey & Co. examines whether too much generation is being constructed to supply data centers. Analysts at the consulting firm conclude that for power sector players, the greater near-term risk might be underbuilding rather than overbuilding.
The Long Island Association (LIA), a non-profit and non-partisan business organization, on Aug. 18 released a new study finding that the construction of the South Fork Wind and Sunrise Wind offshore wind projects will generate more than $460 million in economic impact across Nassau and Suffolk