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Wisconsin public power utility Kaukauna Utilities continues to make steady progress on its reverse osmosis water treatment project, it reported in November.
Less than a year after elevating the city's clean energy future with the launch of its innovative Solar Standard Offer, Texas public power utility Austin Energy unveiled details on the initiative’s first commercial project.
The Public Service Commission of Yazoo City in Mississippi announced the launch of its Employee Support Program, a new initiative aimed at providing financial assistance to customers who are experiencing hardship and struggling to pay their utility bills.
The Guam Power Authority has been awarded two federal grants totaling $1.62 million from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) to advance grid modernization through its Advanced Resilience Management for Outage Recovery (ARMOR) Project.
Data center power demand in the U.S. hits 106 gigawatts (GW) by 2035 in BloombergNEF’s newest forecast -- a 36% jump from the previous outlook, published just seven months ago.
Texas public power utility CPS Energy has completed winter readiness and preparations for the upcoming winter season.
An estimated $381 million in power transmission reliability investments are on the horizon through 2028, according to the latest update of ISO New England’s Regional System Plan Project List.
Oregon public power utility Eugene Water and Electric Board has signed a new contract with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) that runs through 2044, securing access to between $2.5 and $3 billion worth of energy.