people
Workforce
Heartland Energy CEO Russell Olson is celebrating twenty years with the South Dakota-based joint action agency in February.
microgrid
Reliability
Florida public power utility OUC is collaborating with Capacitech Energy in a microgrid project to demonstrate Capacitech Energy’s largest deployment to date of the PowerLink, a cable-like and rapid response energy storage system.
plant
Generation
A company called PowerConneX, Inc. recently outlined plans to develop a natural gas-fired power plant to serve a data center in Ohio.
water
Reliability
The Brownsville Public Utilities Board, a Texas public power utility, has received notice that two of its grant applications are being considered for funding by the Bureau of Reclamation, it said on Feb. 3.
ev
Electric Vehicles
The Seattle City Council in late January adopted Seattle City Light’s new 2025-2030 Transportation Electrification Strategic Investment Plan.
cap
Generation
The American Public Power Association and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on Feb. 10 sent a letter to Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY) in support of H.R. 1001, legislation to provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
grid
Distributed Energy Resources
California public power utility Imperial Irrigation District remains dedicated to advancing renewable energy in the region following Black Rock Geothermal LLC’s decision to suspend permitting with the California Energy Commission for new geothermal projects.
grid
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Over the last four weeks, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power electric crews and mutual aid partners have been working 16-hour shifts, 7 days a week, to safely restore electric service to the Pacific Palisades area, focusing their efforts on areas with the least damage to power distribution infrastructure, LADWP reported on Feb. 7.
grid
In a recent interview with APPA, Fred Clark, President and CEO of Energy Southeast, details the decision-making process behind the move to rebrand Alabama Municipal Electric Authority and change its name to Energy Southeast.
grid
Generation
A new study from Duke University scholars finds that the U.S. power system has extensive untapped potential to more quickly add large loads while mitigating the need for costly system upgrades -- as long as those loads can occasionally cut their power use when the grid is most stressed. The analysis