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The North American bulk power system (BPS) continued to perform reliably in 2025 even as the grid experienced increasing operational complexity, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said on June 24.
PJM Interconnection emergency procedures will expand to augment coordination with Generation and Transmission Owners and potentially leverage backup generation serving data centers and other large loads amid shrinking supply margins and increasingly extreme weather, it said on June 24.
On June 23, the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems entered into a prepay agreement with a Georgia-based nonprofit, Main Street Energy, with extensive experience providing discounted energy supplies to municipalities from prepayment transactions.
The Trinity Public Utilities District Board of Directors, at its May 12, 2026 meeting, appointed Sarah Sheetz to replace long time General Manager Paul Hauser effective June 22, 2026.
Data centers in the U.S. caused average retail electricity rates to fall modestly rather than rise between 2015 and 2024, the Electric Power Research Institute said on June 23 in a brief based on a white paper.
Oregon public power utility Central Lincoln PUD recently provided an update on construction of its new headquarters. “After several months of site preparation, the project is now moving into a more visible phase, with foundation work complete and framing underway,” it said in late May. Central
Arizona utilities and labor organizations expressed their appreciation to state lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs for approving legislation that strengthens penalties for assaulting on-duty utility workers and helps safeguard critical infrastructure across the state.
The Grand Haven Board of Light & Power has completed the undergrounding of electrical lines in downtown Grand Haven. The project converted 13.2 kilovolt overhead distribution electrical lines at a final cost of $1.39 million.