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The Placer County Water Agency Board of Directors recently approved a Joint Powers Agreement with the cities of Sacramento and Roseville, establishing the RiverArc Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and formalizing a regional water supply partnership that has been years in the making, California-based PCWA said on Aug. 24.
The Middleton Electric Light Department (MELD) recently announced that MELD Commissioner and revered veteran lineman Kenny Rollins has been honored with the prestigious 2026 Person of the Year Award by the Northeast Public Power Association (NEPPA).
The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and other government partners and agencies have released a Cybersecurity Advisory to warn of an active cyber threat to internet-exposed Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
The City of Fountain Utilities in Colorado is utilizing sheep to control the weeds on a 25-acre piece of land that is home to a substation and solar array.
Muscatine Power and Water on Aug. 19 welcomed leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Iowa Economic Development Authority as part of the DOE’s Powering America Road Show, a national initiative showcasing investments towards affordability, reliability, and security of the nation’s electric grid.
The PJM Interconnection has filed with federal regulators a framework of eight governance reforms ahead of negotiations with stakeholders mediated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in September.
ISO New England has filed a proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that will establish the ISO as the independent reviewer of transmission owners’ asset condition projects in the region.
Bloom Energy on Aug. 19 introduced Power Connect, a new deployment system that it said can reduce onsite power installation time by over 40%, helping customers bring new power capacity online faster and with greater schedule certainty.