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The American Public Power Association recently filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau.
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project on July 30 celebrated the completion of the Gilbert Road Pipeline project -- a major infrastructure investment designed to enhance water reliability and operational flexibility throughout the Valley.
California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District is launching a community-wide water conservation campaign to help residents and businesses understand and prepare for the state’s “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” regulation, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2027. The
The U.S. Department of Energy on July 29 announced a landmark partnership with Kentucky public power utility Paducah Power System and other energy industry participants to redevelop portions of DOE’s Paducah Site into a data center campus accompanied by new affordable energy infrastructure.
Helicopter operations began supporting the next step in JEA's work to raise the electric transmission lines spanning the St. Johns River in Florida.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey recently announced a multibillion-dollar energy investment in Grant County that will add 2.6 gigawatts of new natural gas generation for the region, marking another major step toward the Governor's 50 by 50 generation plan.
City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., has completed construction on its Blackman battery energy storage system, the utility’s first large-scale battery project in Springfield.
ContourGlobal has executed a large-scale power purchase agreement with Tesla for Project Sterling, a hybrid solar and battery energy storage project located in Arizona’s Western Area Power Administration region, with firm transmission rights into the California ISO market.