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A map of where electrification stands in each state.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has been recognized for demonstrating unique leadership in efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) principles and programs.
A San Diego City Council committee on Sept. 15 signed off on a contract for a consulting firm to examine the feasibility of the California city transitioning to a public power utility.
Faced with growing concerns about power supply options, some public power communities in the Western U.S. are embracing a new, innovative nuclear technology option by signing on to a small modular reactor (SMR) project in Idaho.
In a recent Q&A with Public Power Current, Andy Pollard, Electric Director for the public power community of Harrisonville, Missouri, detailed how the city’s utility has maintained high levels of reliability and the key role that the Electric Department’s lineworker crew plays in ensuring reliability.
Public power utility Salt River Project (SRP) is one of several Arizona entities that have committed to supporting the next phase of the Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) “Markets+” development, SPP said recently.
Faced with growing concerns about power supply options, some public power communities in the Western U.S. are embracing a new, innovative nuclear technology option by signing on to a small modular reactor (SMR) project in Idaho.
By the end of the year, eight natural gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants have either come online or are scheduled to do so, reversing a four-year decline in CCGT start-ups, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The City of Columbus, Ohio’s Department of Public Utilities recently put into operation its first-ever solar-powered microgrid.
The retirement of aging coal-fired plants combined with the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act has created an opportunity for public power utilities looking to secure long-term, reliable supplies of clean energy, according to advanced nuclear firm NuScale Power.