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Fifty-five public power electric utilities and utility organizations earned Excellence in Public Power Communications Awards from the American Public Power Association. The awards were presented this week at APPA’s Customer Connections Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The annual awards recognize
Texas public power utility Austin Energy has finalized a new battery storage agreement with Jupiter Power for up to 200 megawatts of electrical power capacity. The utility-scale battery project is expected to begin commercial operation in 2030. The agreement will significantly expand Austin Energy’s
Bryan Texas Utilities is set to begin a meter exchange project that will upgrade roughly 50,000 Advanced Metering Infrastructure units across its service territory over the next five years. This work is scheduled to begin on Nov. 2. Since 2011, BTU has utilized “smart” meters that send usage data
The California ISO Board of Governors has advanced a proposal to establish new procedures for making sure large loads can be connected to the grid quickly and reliably, CAISO said on Oct. 28. With the Board’s approval, the ISO will file its proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by
The following is a transcript of the Sept. 7, 2026, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at PublicPower.org/Podcasts . Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's
The American Public Power Association recently elected four new members to its Board of Directors at its fall board meeting in Asheville, North Carolina. The APPA Board confirmed the following new directors: • Cory Hicks, CEO of Paducah Power System (Kentucky), to represent Region 7. • Joel
The same 500-megawatt data center or other large load can raise electricity rates for existing customers in one region and have far less effect in another, according to a new report from the Energy Systems Integration Group’s Large Loads Rate Impacts Task Force. The report finds that the
The Board of Trustees for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation on Oct. 26 adopted foundational computational load reliability standards. The standards, which advance the reliable integration of computational loads onto the grid, passed final ballot on October 14. NERC will soon file