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Generation
A large group of companies on July 15 unveiled more than $90 billion of investments in data centers, energy and power infrastructure, and workforce and artificial intelligence training projects.
Customer Service
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS company that provides mission-critical communications via text.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The FEMA Review Council held its second public meeting on July 9.
Reliability
Washington State’s Snohomish County recently detailed projects its crews and staff will be working on this summer to make important system reliability improvements as well as perform preventative maintenance.
Distributed Energy Resources
Work is underway to create an updated plan to detail Grant PUD’s continuing efforts to meet Washington State’s clean energy mandate, which includes special provisions for underrepresented and vulnerable customer groups, the Washington State PUD said on July 10.
Grid Modernization
Tennessee public power utility Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division on July 14 said it has reached another pivotal moment in its Renewal/Replacement of Infrastructure (r2I) Initiative, selecting Nokia to deploy a comprehensive private 5G wireless network across Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn.
Environment
Texas-based Brownsville Public Utilities Board recently announced that nearly $47.2 million in state funding has been secured for two transformative water infrastructure projects that will improve water security and sustainability for the Brownsville, Texas, region.
Workforce
The Georgetown Municipal Light Department Board of Light Commission has named Mary Snow as its Acting General Manager following the May 29, 2025 retirement of former General Manager Dave Schofield.