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On June 25, Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, represented through its agent Missouri River Energy Services, and Otter Tail Power Company received a written order from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approving a route permit for the Big Stone South to Alexandria 345-kilovolt transmission line.
The PJM Interconnection on July 14 announced the results of its 2028/2029 Base Residual Auction, which secured 138,318 MW of unforced capacity generation (UCAP) and demand response to meet projected electricity needs.
Washington State’s Grant PUD has received $250,000 in grants from the state departments of Ecology and Commerce to help fund both public-facing and Grant PUD fleet-only chargers.
More than 2,000 customers of City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., helped reduce electricity use across Springfield during the first Peak Rewards event of the summer on June 30.
The PJM Interconnection has issued a Hot Weather Alert for the entire region PJM serves for July 14 and 15 ahead of expected 90-plus-degree weather.
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. and its subsidiary, Peninsula Pipeline Company, on July 13 announced the Florida Energy Pathway, a new intrastate natural gas infrastructure project in south Florida.
The Kissimmee Utility Authority board of directors approved a $328 million operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2027. The vote came after board discussions and a public hearing on the budget, the Florida public power utility recently said.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has allocated federal funding to benefit communities across western and northwestern Iowa including a number of public power communities.