Fitch Ratings has assigned a “AA” rating to bonds issued by California public power utility SMUD.
NuScale Power reached a historic milestone in January 2023 when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its final rule certifying the company’s design for a small modular reactor.
The City of Traverse City, Mich., has been awarded a Michigan Public Service Commission Low Carbon Infrastructure Enhancement and Development Grant in the amount of $1,685,479.
Putting solar panels on warehouse roofs could generate 185.6 terawatt-hours of electricity a year, according to a report from Environment America Research & Policy Center.
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Alabama public power utility Troy Utilities recently hosted a Federal Aviation Administration Safety Team First Responder training. In an interview with Public Power Current, Chase Collins, small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Program Director for the City of Troy Utilities and FAA Safety Team
A new paper from researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory details how railways could provide an energy storage network that offers a flexible option for backup power on the grid.
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The United States Department of Agriculture has granted the Jefferson County Public Utility District No. 1 in Washington a $5.4 million loan that the public power utility plans to use to expand the rollout of advanced metering infrastructure and broadband services.
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Efficiency standards for distribution transformers proposed by the Department of Energy would worsen current distribution transformer supply shortages and, to the extent that they are even feasible, would impose significant costs on consumers, the American Public Power Association said.
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The Long Island Power Authority Board of Trustees on March 29 voted to modernize electric rates for residential customers throughout Long Island and the Rockaways beginning in 2024 with a standard time-of-day rate and an optional super off-peak rate.
Cleveland Public Power plans to collaborate with the Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority on the port’s electrification and warehouse modernization project.