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Independence, Mo., City Manager Troy Anderson has named Richard Kemple interim director of Independence Power & Light, a public power utility.
The Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority Governing Board on Aug. 27 approved several measures aimed at strengthening the territory’s electric system, advancing critical infrastructure projects and building the workforce needed to sustain the Authority for years to come.
The Pryor Municipal Utility Board, an Oklahoma public power utility, and the Grand River Dam Authority celebrated 75 years of public power partnership on August 26.
The City of Ocala, Florida, has launched a summer education program for high school students and recent graduates with the goal of supporting professional development and community engagement.
President Trump on Aug. 26 signed Executive Order (EO) 14420 -- Declaring a National Emergency to Secure the United States Bulk-Power System, which would limit the importation of foreign-produced bulk-power system electric equipment. The EO finds that the use of foreign bulk-power system electric
ElectriCities of North Carolina presented 19 public power communities with Public Power Awards of Excellence at the 2026 ElectriCities Annual Conference in Hot Springs, Virginia, it reported on Aug. 26.
Announcing the results of a request for proposals, the Maine Public Utilities Commission on Aug. 25 said that it has identified a preferred transmission project and selected an 800-megawatt onshore wind project with which to enter contract negotiations.
In the first half of the year, the United States nearly doubled the gas-fired capacity it is developing to directly power data centers, but uncertainty persists about how and when this capacity gets built, according to a new analysis from Global Energy Monitor.