Generation
Arizona Public Service (APS) announced plans on Oct. 30 to develop a site west of Gila Bend, Ariz., capable of adding up to 2,000 megawatts of reliable, flexible generation to the state’s energy portfolio. "The Desert Sun Power Plant will be a state-of-the-art natural gas facility designed to meet
Grid Modernization
The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program recently approved funding for various grants and scholarships.
Grid Modernization
Officials with JEA and Lakeland Electric –- Florida public power utilities -- on Oct. 28 provided details on pilot programs the utilities implemented to help non-residential customers and managers track and reduce energy use through interactive interval data dashboards.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Salt River Project (crews returned to remote areas of the Navajo Nation to provide reliable electricity to 12 families in the Dilkon and Tuba City areas. This effort was part of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority's Mutual Aid Training 2025 program, an arm of the Light Up Navajo (LUN) initiative.
Energy Storage
Grant County PUD Commissioners unanimously approved two, 20-year power-purchase agreements with Royal Slope LLC.
Electricity Markets
Columbia River People's Utility District recently signed a new long-term Power Sales Agreement with Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), its wholesale power provider. This agreement guarantees access to affordable Tier 1 power rates through September of 2044. "At a time when there is so much
Electricity Markets
ISO New England has begun development of a framework that will establish the grid operator as the independent reviewer of transmission owners’ asset condition projects in the region.
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).
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
Generation
The U.S. Department of Energy on Oct. 31 issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for up to $100 million in federal funding to refurbish and modernize the nation’s existing coal power plants.