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With a central Massachusetts territory that’s heavily wooded, Littleton Electric Light and Water Department (LELWD) needed to find ways to ensure that storms wouldn’t cause outages when trees fell on overhead cables.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued an emergency order directing the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, in coordination with Consumers Energy, to ensure that the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan, remains available this summer.
It is crucial for trade groups representing public power, investor-owned utilities and rural cooperatives to collaborate to advance permitting reform, Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s 2026 Summer Reliability Assessment finds that record resource additions have strengthened readiness for the summer season, even as elevated risks remain in some areas.
Virginia Transformer announced plans to build a new 600,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art power transformer plant at the Shoals Research Airpark in Colbert County, Alabama capable of producing a wide range of power transformers.
The Environmental Protection Agency on May 14 sent its final rule to repeal the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards to the White House Office of Management and Budget for interagency review.
The following is a transcript of the May 11, 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 News
A siting feasibility study found that Sutherland, Beatrice, Brownville, and Norfolk are the top four communities in Nebraska best suited to host a next generation nuclear facility, based on current infrastructure and siting criteria, the Nebraska Public Power District said on May 20.