solar
A new American Public Power Association-funded study has brought small- and medium-size utilities one step closer to confidently offering and purchasing renewable energy products on wholesale power markets.
solar
Reliability and affordability will be key to California’s efforts to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to a new policy paper by the California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA).
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Personnel from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) water distribution team recently helped to save the life of an elderly man who was involved in a car accident.
storage
Greenville Utilities Commission in North Carolina has added a 1-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS) to its grid using a Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) grant from the American Public Power Association.
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Carolyn S. McNeil was one of the first women to lead a public power organization. McNeil was named general manager of the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, or UAMPS, in 1983. In recognition of Women’s History Month, APPA honors her and the women in public power — past, present, and future — for their contributions to advancing public power’s mission.
nuke
A growing number of states are taking action to clear a path for the possible development of nuclear power.
grid
Missouri public power utility Kirkwood Electric has a lot on its plate these days when it comes to projects that will benefit the utility and its customers including an outage management system, said Mark Petty, Electric Director for Kirkwood Electric, in a recent interview with Public Power Current.
bond
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Texas public power utility Greenville Electric Utility System for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.
solar
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments and California’s Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) on March 7 announced the signing of SMUD's first combined solar and battery energy storage system renewable power purchase agreement sized at 200 megawatts/400 megawatt hours.
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City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., raised just under $10,000 for United Way of the Ozarks through a raffle event with the winner detonating the implosion of power plant stacks.