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.
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
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.
Generation
Tech companies are starting to recognize that they can’t just arrive in a community and expect utilities “to solve their problems” as it relates to the development of data centers, said Mike Dammer, Manager of Emerging Technology at Florida public power utility Lakeland Electric.
Electricity Markets
An analysis by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that state-level load growth in recent years (through 2024) has tended to reduce average retail electricity prices.
Customer Service
Thirty-three individuals have completed the APPA Academy’s Key Accounts Certificate Program in the past year. The graduates were honored during APPA’s annual Customer Connections Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Energy Storage
The Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), on behalf of eight of its member participants, has entered into a 20-year Energy Storage Service Agreement (ESSA) with Aypa Power for the Trolley Battery Energy Storage System (Trolley BESS) in San Bernardino County, Calif.
Bills and Rates
Heartland Energy announced that wholesale power rates will remain steady for 2026 -- marking the ninth consecutive year without an increase.
Customer Service
The Imperial Irrigation District, California’s third largest public power utility, is implementing technological upgrades throughout 2025 that directly benefit customers.
Energy Storage
Xcel Energy plans to build the Midwest’s largest battery energy storage site at the Sherco Energy Hub in central Minnesota. It wants to double the amount of battery storage adjacent to a coal plant from 300 megawatts of storage to 600 megawatts.