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Cowlitz PUD is continuing its commitment to providing safe, reliable electric service while being responsible to customers. Despite a projected budget deficit in 2027, Cowlitz PUD will not increase rates and plans to cover the shortfall through existing financial reserves. The 2027 budget reflects
The continuing growth of solar power brought New England to a new electricity milestone on Sept. 21 -- 500 “duck curve” days.
Public electric vehicle charging access is expanding in the NextZero Participant towns of Belmont, Hull, and Ipswich, Mass., the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company reported in the Summer 2026 issue of its Joint Action Newsletter. The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
D3Energy has energized a 6-megawatt floating solar array on the Village of Monroeville's reservoir. It is the largest floating solar system in Ohio and among the five largest in the United States. The array spans 9,222 modules across three floating islands and feeds the village's distribution grid
The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District’s board of directors voted unanimously during a special board meeting Sept. 25 to select Timothy Cerveny as the District’s next general manager. Cerveny, who is currently the Princeton Road Station Manager at Nebraska Public Power District
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Sept. 25 issued an emergency order that directs Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Southwest Power Pool, Platte River Power Authority, Salt River Project, PacifiCorp, and Public Service Company of Colorado to take all measures necessary to
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