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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has earned national recognition for sustainability and resilience with a groundbreaking project that replaced a nearly century-old portion of its Colorado River Aqueduct with one of the largest earthquake-resistant pipelines in the world.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is forecasting that electricity sales in the commercial sector, which includes computing demand, will exceed those in the residential sector in 2026, a first since it started collecting the data.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Aug. 12 officially kicked off President Trump’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, announcing DOE will initially work with 11 advanced reactor projects to move their technologies towards deployment.
Conway Corp employees recently came together to support Stuff the Bus, a school supply drive organized by United Way of Central Arkansas (UWCA) to benefit students in local schools, the Arkansas public power utility reported on Aug. 12.
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At Maryland public power utility Easton Utilities, “safety is the foundation of everything we do,” said John Horner, President and CEO of the utility, in a recent interview with APPA.
Florida Municipal Power Agency has closed on the sale of $208,830,000 in municipal bonds for its All-Requirements Project (ARP) to finance capital projects, refinance existing project debt and tender a portion of Series 2016A Bonds, FMPA said on Aug. 13.
The American Public Power Association recently filed comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to repeal specific amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP): Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (EGUs) rule.
President Trump has named David Rosner Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Several communities served wholesale power by the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska were recently awarded grants to strengthen the reliability and resilience of their local electric systems, NMPP Energy reported on Aug. 4.