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Community Engagement
As part of its continued commitment to community engagement, California public power utility Pasadena Water and Power is launching a new virtual platform designed to foster ongoing dialogue with customers about electric rates, utility programs, incentives, and services.
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Community Engagement
Northern Wasco County People's Utility District has been recognized as one of The Oregonian's Top Workplaces for 2025, marking the first time the utility has received this prestigious regional honor, the Oregon PUD reported on Sept. 29.
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Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water released the prepublication versions of its proposed rule and accompanying direct final rule (DFR) to provide compliance flexibility for power plants subject to the 2024 supplemental steam electric effluent limitation guidelines.
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Customer Service
Open configuration options SPONSORED ADVERTISING FEATURE Utilities face several challenges as they address an increasing number of outages. About 83% of major U.S. power outages between 2000 and 2021 were driven by weather-related events, according to Climate Central. As customers grapple with these
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Energy Storage
Texas public power utility CPS Energy on Sept. 30 announced the beginning of operations of Padua 1, a 50-megawatt, two-hour duration Battery Energy Storage System in Bexar County.
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Distributed Energy Resources
The Board of Directors for Minnesota public power utility Rochester Public Utilities has passed a resolution reaffirming its commitment to achieve 100% net renewable electricity by 2030.
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Generation
City Utilities of Springfield – a Missouri public power utility – on Sept. 30 broke ground on a major project to meet the growing need for electricity. Construction has begun on three new natural gas turbines at McCartney Generating Station, which will provide 150 megawatts of locally generated power for the community.
APPA helping lead a disaster response exercise.
Security
How the dynamic time upon public power requires utilities and APPA to meet rising standards for grid safety and security.
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Workforce
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced $16 million in state funds to support the development of New York’s clean energy workforce.
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Generation
With the right strategies, data centers can transition from being passive loads to dynamic resources that actively support the grid, a recent GridBeyond white paper says.