plant
Generation
Macquarie Asset Management announced it has provided a $450 million bilateral facility to Sandow Lakes Energy Station, supporting the construction of a 1.2-gigawatt combined cycle gas turbine asset in Lee County, Texas.
rodeo
Community Engagement
Sports Destination Management, the publication with the largest circulation of sports event planners and tournament directors in the sports tourism market, recently announced the 2025 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism. Among the winners was the 2025 Public Power Lineworkers Rodeo
cyber
Security
Officials with public power utilities recently detailed how they benefited from participating in the Liberty Eclipse Full-Scale Exercise (FSE), an annual cybersecurity preparedness exercise hosted by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER).
data
Generation
Fermi America, which is developing a behind-the-meter artificial intelligence private grid campus with the Texas Tech University System, has secured an agreement with Energy Transfer to deliver firm natural gas supply to Fermi's HyperGrid™ campus located outside Amarillo, Texas.
storage
Energy Storage
Ameresco recently announced the development and commercial operation of a 50-MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), the largest behind-the-meter (BTM) project in Arizona.
text
Customer Service
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging.
people
Customer Service
Fifteen public power utilities have been recognized by the American Public Power Association (APPA) with 2025 Public Power Customer Satisfaction Awards for providing excellent service to their communities, while fourteen public power utilities have earned a Smart Energy Provider (SEP) designation from APPA.
town
Community Engagement
Together with United Way of the Midlands, Nebraska’s Omaha Public Power District announced the latest recipients of Greener Together grant funding, with a total of $225,000 awarded to three separate community projects.
lineworkers
Community Engagement
Modesto Irrigation District lineworkers Jimmy Boere and Brian Szuggar recently rescued a man trapped in a truck in an irrigation canal near a job site. Their heroic actions were recognized by the California public power utility’s Board of Directors at a recent board meeting.
plant
Generation
The Salt River Project Board of Directors on Nov. 3 approved converting the SRP-owned coal-fired Springerville Generating Station (SGS) Unit 4 to run on natural gas. The decision is the lowest-cost option to preserve the plant’s 400-megawatt (MW) generating capacity, enough to serve 90,000 homes