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Bonds and Financing
Except in extreme scenarios, rising wildfire risks are manageable for California's publicly owned electric utilities, Moody's Investors Service said in a recent report.
Community Engagement
Jolene Thompson, president and CEO of American Municipal Power, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio, was installed as chair of the American Public Power Association Board of Directors during APPA’s Public Power Connect: Virtual Summit & Business Meeting on June 9.
Generation
Coal company earnings will fall by 50% in 2020 as a result of a combination of underlying weak fundamentals and the effects the COVID-19 economic slowdown, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The strong response of public power to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also successfully managing power restoration efforts in response to recent storms, is extremely helpful to the American Public Power Association’s ongoing congressional outreach efforts, said Joy Ditto, APPA’s President and CEO, on June 9.
Reliability
Tennessee public power utility Greeneville Light and Power System has completed a $5 million substation designed to ensure the reliable flow of electricity to its customers in eastern Tennessee.
Security
Working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a lifesaver, but it has also brought new threats.
Distributed Energy Resources
Santee Cooper and Central Electric Power Cooperative have begun a bid process seeking to purchase up to 500 megawatts (MW) of new utility-scale solar power through several projects to be built across South Carolina.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July 8-9 will hold a technical conference to consider the impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic are having on various segments of the country’s energy industry.
Environment
City Water, Light & Power (CWLP), the public power utility of Springfield, Ill., could host one of the biggest carbon dioxide capture research projects in the world, depending on the outcome of a Department of Energy (DOE) grant.
Community Engagement
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) partnered with Sunrise Marketplace Business Improvement District (SMP) to wrap more than 20 SMUD transformer boxes with nearly 50 pieces of art throughout Sacramento’s business district. “MasterPieces in the MarketPlace” utilizes SMUD’s Transformer