people
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.
grid
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.
nuke
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.
grid
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.
grid
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.
nuke
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.
congress
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Sept. 27 asked Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to remove energy permitting reform legislation from consideration as part of a government spending bill prior to a vote on the spending bill, which is known as a Continuing Resolution (CR).
grid
LUMA Energy on Oct. 1 announced that it has restored electric service to over 1.3 million customers, or 90% of total customers, in Puerto Rico who lost power as a result of Hurricane Fiona.
grid
There were approximately 394,000 customer outages in Florida as a result of Hurricane Ian as of the afternoon of October 4, down from a peak of 2.7 million customers without power, the Department of Energy reported.
water
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project (SRP) has approved a contract to continue purchasing renewable energy from a biomass plant in the state that will provide baseload power while helping to cut the risk of devastating forest wildfires in northern Arizona.