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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.
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.
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.
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.
The City of Garden City, Kansas, recently announced the promotion of Fred Jones to the position of Public Works & Utilities Director.
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.
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.
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.