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With less than a month to go before Southwest Power Pool expands its regional transmission organization services into the Western Interconnection, leaders from participating organizations have affirmed their support to move forward with a vote of support.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity (OE) on March 12 announced an approximately $1.9 billion funding opportunity “to accelerate urgently needed upgrades to the nation’s power grid.”
The House Committee on Agriculture recently passed H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026.
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is propelling grid resilience through a partnership with EPB that will demonstrate advanced microgrid capabilities to reduce customer power outages.
The Imperial Irrigation District has adopted the District’s 2026–2027 Strategic Plan, “establishing a focused, action-oriented roadmap designed to strengthen water and power reliability, modernize operations, and position the District to meet future challenges while continuing to deliver safe
Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company is entering into power purchase agreements for hydropower on behalf of several member municipal light plants.
In a recent interview with APPA, Robin Schoettlin, Recruiting and Outreach Senior Specialist at Nebraska public power utility Lincoln Electric System, details a new LES initiative that aims to provide high school students with a structured opportunity to observe, learn from, and interact with professionals in a real work environment.
At a Northeast Public Power Association Board Meeting this month in Biddeford, Maine, the NEPPA Board elected two new board members.