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The Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma Inc. recently presented the association’s annual Electric Operations and Reliability Competition awards for 2024 performance.
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors unanimously elected Division 5 Director Karin Sol Eugenio to serve as the leader of the IID Board throughout 2026.
KPP Energy recently announced the launch of a scholarship program designed to invest in the future workforce of Kansas public power communities.
The Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU), funded in part from an APPA Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program grant, has developed a toolkit to equip utility managers and other public power decision makers with tools, knowledge, and resources related to the purchase
Staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in December released a report on demand response and advanced metering.
Illinois utility Commonwealth Edison recently announced the first set of new Transmission Security Agreements (TSAs) “designed to protect customers and ensure fairness in the cost of connecting and providing transmission service to new large loads requesting service from the grid.”
The New York State Energy Planning Board in December voted unanimously to approve a State Energy Plan. The Plan includes recommendations, which are based on findings from more than a year-long assessment of current systems and future energy needs through 2040, that will guide the dtate’s energy-related decision making.
EPB of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University in December announced plans to establish the Institute for Quantum Innovation, further positioning Chattanooga -- and Tennessee -- as a national hub for advancing quantum science and technology.