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Electricity Markets
Recent tariff policies in the U.S. are set to increase the cost of power generation technologies, with energy storage seeing the biggest hike due to its dependence on Chinese imports, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.
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Customer Service
SPONSORED ADVERTISING FEATURE College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS
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Energy Efficiency
The American Public Power Association on June 2 filed comments in response to a Department of Energy Request for Information aimed at assisting the DOE in identifying potential modifications to its procedures, interpretations, and policies for considering new or revised energy conservation standards and test procedures for consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment.
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Bonds and Financing
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt recently signed into law a bill that will increase the maximum bond capacity for the Grand River Dam Authority from $2 billion to $3.6 billion.
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Generation
Eaton and Siemens Energy on June 3 announced a fast-track approach to building data centers with integrated onsite power.
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Bills and Rates
In a recent interview with APPA, Dwayne Fulk, President and CEO at City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., discussed the ways in which the public power utility has been able to maintain low rates for its customers.
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Workforce
Bear Prairie, who has served as the General Manager, and Assistant General Manager, at Idaho Falls Power and Fiber since 2010, has resigned to accept a new role within the utility industry.
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Generation
Columbia Generating Station successfully reconnected to the Pacific Northwest’s power grid on June 16 at 5:02 p.m. completing its biennial refueling outage, Energy Northwest reported.
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Reliability
Austin Energy’s power generation and transmission facilities have completed their weatherization readiness activities in preparation for the coming heat this summer, the Texas public power utility said on June 18.
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Electricity Markets
Brian Taylor, General Manager for Tennessee public power utility CDE Lightband, and Lance Haynie, Government Affairs Director for the City of Santa Clara, Utah, on June 10 provided a variety of examples of how artificial intelligence can be utilized by public power utilities and public power cities.