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The Environmental Protection Agency on Jan.13 issued its proposed rule to revise the 2023 Clean Water Act section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule.
The following is a transcript of the Dec. 19, 2025, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's News
With some communities pushing back against proposed data centers over concerns tied to water use, data center developers and others are working to tap technologies that will help to minimize the use of water to cool data center facilities.
Public power utilities across the U.S. earned high marks in the latest J.D. Power rankings for residential customer electric service.
In a recent podcast episode, Troy Adams, CEO and General Manager of Wisconsin public power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities, and Tyler Vorpagel from Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin, discuss MPU’s Refuel Renewable Project.
The PJM Interconnection made its final presentation of recommended transmission projects to reinforce the reliability of the electric grid during a Jan. 6 meeting of PJM’s Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee.
The Chester Municipal Electric Light Department (CMELD), serving approximately 700 customers in the community of Chester, Massachusetts, has joined the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) as a member.
Meta Platforms on Jan. 9 unveiled a series of nuclear energy agreements tied to the development of new nuclear generation and uprates at existing nuclear plants.