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The City of Bryan, Texas, and Bryan Texas Utilities announced the upcoming retirement of BTU General Manager Gary Miller, after more than two decades of distinguished service.
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Reliability
Massachusetts public power utility Chester Municipal Electric Light Department has been selected for a grant award under the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Advancing Massachusetts Power Program, the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company recently reported.
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Grid Modernization
Platte River Power Authority, the community-owned, wholesale power provider for Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland, has selected EnergyHub to help design and deploy a virtual power plant, Platte River said on June 17.
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Community Engagement
The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities recently welcomed U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) and members of his team to BPU for a tour of the Kansas public power utility’s Nearman Creek Power Station and a discussion about the critical services that public power utilities provide to BPU’s customers and community.
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The City of Garden City, Kansas, recently announced the promotion of Fred Jones to the position of Public Works & Utilities Director.
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Generation
The Long Island Power Authority and PSEG Long Island recently announced the launch of the first phase of public engagement for a 2027 Integrated Resource Plan.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Utility professionals from across the Northeast region this month gathered at the Northeast Public Power Association Training Center for NEPPA’s 2026 Mutual Aid Disaster Exercise.
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Generation
Washington State-based Avista on June 12 announced that it is taking additional time to evaluate the processing of energy requests from new large data center developers.