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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
On September 25, APPA will host a free virtual webinar showcasing lessons learned from five public power utilities that completed wildfire risk mitigation activities through a partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO). This
Electricity Markets
The City Council of North Platte, Nebraska, recently approved a wholesale power contract with the Nebraska Public Power District. The City Council took the action at its Sept. 16 meeting.
Electricity Markets
The American Public Power Association, joined by the Large Public Power Council and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, recently protested a petition filed by EDF Renewables seeking an order from FERC to reinstate the company’s solar plus storage project to Salt River Project's interconnection queue.
Generation
Texas public power utility CPS Energy and PROENERGY have entered into a definitive agreement under which CPS Energy has agreed to acquire four natural gas power generation facilities with an aggregate electric capacity totaling 1,632 megawatts for $1.387 billion, subject to standard net working
Energy Efficiency
Orlando Utilities Commission, a Florida public power utility, recently announced that it has connected nearly 11,000 households with $11.7 million in critical funding to help cover their home energy costs.
Environment
The American Public Power Association on September 15 filed comments in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed “Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities; CCR Management Unit Deadline Extension Rule.”
Generation
Grant PUD staff has proposed a 16-month power-sales “bridge” agreement that would change the way Grant PUD sells about one-third of its share of the generation from Priest Rapids and Wanapum dams and better positions the utility to serve its growing customer demand in a changing market, the Washington State PUD said on Sept. 11.
Workforce
The Chelan PUD Board of Commissioners has extended the contract for General Manager Kirk Hudson through December 2029.