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Community Engagement
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.
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The City of Garden City, Kansas, recently announced the promotion of Fred Jones to the position of Public Works & Utilities Director.
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Generation
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.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
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.
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Generation
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.
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Reliability
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on June 12 issued an emergency order that directs TransAlta Centralia Generation to ensure that Unit 2 of the Centralia Generating Station in Centralia, Washington, a coal-fired power plant, remains available to operate.
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Bonds and Financing
The American Public Power Association recently asked the Internal Revenue Service for clarifying guidance related to new foreign prohibited entity rules that may limit the ability of public power utilities to claim energy tax credits.
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Southern California Public Power Authority announced the appointment of Mandip Samra as its new Board President. Samra currently serves as General Manager of Burbank Water and Power, a role she assumed in May 2024.